History indicates that 80% of all McDonald's customers order French fries with their meal purchases. During one afternoon at a slow restaurant, 15 people order meals. Assuming that all criteria for a binomial apply, what is the probability for each of the following

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2022-09-22

Binomial and probability
History indicates that 80% of all McDonald's customers order French fries with their meal purchases. During one afternoon at a slow restaurant, 15 people order meals. Assuming that all criteria for a binomial apply, what is the probability for each of the following
a) Exactly 13 of the customers order fries? I have 0.230
b) 14 or more customers order fries? I have 0.035
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pedradauy

pedradauy

Beginner2022-09-23Added 8 answers

Step 1
We have that the number of people ordering fries is F B ( 15 , 0.8 ). We therefore have:
P ( F = 13 ) = ( 15 13 ) ( 0.8 ) 13 ( 0.2 ) 2 = 0.2309
Step 2
And:
P ( F 14 ) = ( 15 14 ) ( 0.8 ) 14 ( 0.2 ) + ( 15 15 ) ( 0.8 ) 15 = 0.167

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