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Assume there are 19 homes in the Quail Creek area and 9 of them have a security

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Question

Assume there are 19 homes in the Quail Creek area and 9 of them have a security system. Five homes are selected at random: What is the probability all five of the selected homes have a security system? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) What is the probability none of the five selected homes has a security system? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) What is the probability at least one of the selected homes has a security system? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) Are the events dependent or independent?

Explanation / Answer

Given that,

n = 5

p = 9/19 = 0.47

Let X be the random variable that number of homes have a security system.

X ~ Binomial(n=5, p=0.47)

The pmf of X is,

P(X=x) = (5 C x) * 0.47x * (1-0.47)5-x

a) We have to find P(all five of the selected homes have a security system).

P(X = 5) = (5 C 5)* 0.475 * 0.535-5 = 0.0229

b) We have to find P(none of the five selected homes has a security system).

P(X=0) = (5 C 0) * 0.470 * 0.535-0 = 0.0418

c) We have to find P(atleast one of the selected homes have a security system).

That is we have to find P(X 1).

P(X 1) = 1 - P(X<1) = 1- P(X=0) = 1 - 0.0418 = 0.9582