The Probability That a Particular Brand of Smoke Alarm Will

question 54

Multiple Choice

The probability that a particular brand of smoke alarm will function properly and sound an alarm in the presence of smoke is 0.8.You have five such alarms in your home and they operate independently.Which of the following distributions would you use to determine the probability that all of them will function properly in case of a fire?

• A) Hypergeometric distribution.
• B) Binomial distribution.
• C) Poisson distribution.
• D) None of the above.

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