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Surface finish defects in a small appliance occurs at random with a mean rate of 0.1 defects per unit. Find the probability that a randomly selected unit will contain at least one surface finish defect.

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  • Lopez
    4 days ago

    Suppose X defects occur, then X ~ Poisson distribution.

    p(x)

    = λ^x * e^(-λ) / x!

    = 0.1^x * e^(-0.1) / x!

    P( X ≧ 1 )

    = 1 – P( X < 1 )

    = 1 – P(0)

    = 1 – e^(-0.1)

    ≒ 0.095 ….. Ans

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