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The probability that a bulb produced by a factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05. Find the probability that out of 5 such bulbs.
(i) none
(ii) not more than one
(iii) more than one
(iv) at least one
will fuse after 150 days of use.

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Solution

Let X represent the number of bulbs that will fuse after 150 days of use in an experiment of 5 trials. The trials are Bernoulli trials.
It is given that, p=0.05
q=1p=10.05=0.95
X has a binomial distribution with n=5 and p=0.05
P(X=x)=nCxqnxpx, where x=1,2,...n
=5Cx(0.95)5x(0.05)x

(i) P(none)=P(X=0)
=5C0(0.95)5(0.05)0
=1×(0.95)5
=(0.95)5

(ii) P(notmorethanone)=P(X1)
=P(X=0)+P(X=1)
=5C0(0.95)5×(0.05)0+5C1(0.95)4×(0.05)1
=1×(0.95)5+5×(0.95)4×(0.05)
=(0.95)5+(0.25)(0.95)4
=(0.95)4[0.95+0.25]
=(0.95)4×1.2

(iii) P(morethan1)=P(X>1)
=1P(X1)
=1P(notmorethan1)
=1(0.95)4×1.2

(iv) P(atleastone)=P(X1)
=1P(X<1)
=1P(X=0)
=15C0(0.95)5×(0.05)0
=11×(0.95)5
=1(0.95)5

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