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Past insurance company audits have found that 2 percent of dependents claimed on

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Question

Past insurance company audits have found that 2 percent of dependents claimed on an employee’s health insurance actually are ineligible for health benefits. An auditor examines a random sample of 10 claimed dependents.

a. What is the probability that all are eligible?

Past insurance company audits have found that 2 percent of dependents claimed on an employee’s health insurance actually are ineligible for health benefits. An auditor examines a random sample of 10 claimed dependents.

a. What is the probability that all are eligible?

b. What is the probability that at least one is ineligible? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

p = Probability that a dependent claimed on an employee’s health insurance is ineligible = 0.02

q = 1 - p = 0.98

n = 10

a) P(all are eligible) = 0.9810 = 0.8171

b) P(at least one is ineligible) = 1 - P(all are eligible)

= 1 - 0.8171

= 0.1829