A Major Textbook Publisher Has a Contract with a Printing

question 90

Multiple Choice

A major textbook publisher has a contract with a printing company. Part of the contract stipulates that no more than 5 percent of the pages should have any type of printing error. Suppose that the company selects a random sample of 400 pages and finds 33 that have an error. If the printer is meeting the standard, what is the probability that a sample would have 33 or more errors?

• A) 0.1245
• B) 0.4986
• C) 0.0014
• D) 0.1250

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Definitions:

Purchasing Merchandise Inventory

The process of acquiring goods for resale, including the selection, ordering, and receipt of merchandise.

Recording Process

The systematic method of capturing all relevant financial transactions of a business for accounting and reporting purposes.

Perpetual Inventory System

An inventory management method where records of inventory quantities are updated in real-time after every transaction.

Closing Entries

Journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to permanent accounts.