Sixty Percent of the Customers of a Fast Food Chain

question 54

Multiple Choice

Sixty percent of the customers of a fast food chain order a hamburger, French fries and a drink. If a random sample of 15 cash register receipts is selected, what is the probability that less than 10 will show that the above three food items were ordered?

• A) 1.000
• B) 0.7827
• C) 0.9095
• D) 0.5968
• E) 0.0905

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