Hotels, Like Airlines, Often Overbook, Counting on the Fact That

question 122

Essay

Hotels, like airlines, often overbook, counting on the fact that some people with reservations will cancel at the last minute. A certain hotel chain has found that 20% of the reservations will not be used.
a. If we randomly selected 15 reservations, what is the probability more than 8 but fewer than 12 reservations will be used?
b. If four reservations are made, what is the chance fewer than two will cancel?

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Definitions:

RNA Viruses

Viruses that have RNA as their genetic material and often show high mutation rates, influencing the dynamics of infectious diseases.

Temperate Virus

A virus that integrates into the host DNA as a prophage.

Lysogenic Cycle

A type of phage reproductive cycle in which the viral genome usually becomes integrated into the host DNA as a prophage; it is replicated along with the host DNA and does not kill the host cell. Compare with lytic cycle.

Lytic Cycle

A type of phage reproductive cycle in which the release of phages from the bacterial cell results in rapid cell lysis (destruction). Compare with lysogenic cycle.