The Probability That a Particular Brand of Smoke Alarm Will

question 174

Multiple Choice

The probability that a particular brand of smoke alarm will malfunction in the presence of smoke is 0.002.A batch of 100,000 such alarms was produced by independent production lines.Which of the following distributions would you use to figure out the probability that at most 5,000 of them will malfunction in case of a fire?

• A)Hypergeometric distribution.
• B)Poisson distribution.
• C)Binomial distribution.
• D)Uniform distribution.

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Definitions:

Variable Cost Per Unit

Variable Cost Per Unit is the cost that varies directly with the production volume, including materials and labor directly involved in the production.

Total Fixed Cost

The sum of all costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production or sales activity.

High-low Method

The high-low method is a way of estimating the fixed and variable components of a cost by using the highest and lowest activity levels and their corresponding costs.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of goods or services produced by the business, such as rent and salaries.