A survey indicated that 65% of the families in an area have cars. Find, correct to three decimal places, the probability that among 7 families selected at random in the area (a) exactly 5 ; (b) 3 or 4 ; (c) at most 2 of them have cars.
Explanation
P(a family has a car) = p = 65% = 0.65 P(a family has no car) = q = 35% = 0.35 For seven families and using the binomial probability distribution, we have (a) P(exactly 5 have cars) = = (to 3 d.p) (b) P(3 or 4 of them have cars) = = = = (to 3 d.p) (c) P(at most 2 of them have cars) = P(0 cars) + P(1 car) + P(2 cars) = = = = (3 d.p)