Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - Review Exercises - Section 5-4 - Page 306: 31

Answer

0.087

Work Step by Step

We will use the multinomial distribution. First we calculate the individual probabilities: soup $p1=10/26=5/13$ vegetables $p2=8/26=4/13$ fruit $p3=8/26=4/13$ Let $n=3, x1=0, x2=1, x3=2$ $P(X)=\frac{3!}{2!}\times\frac{4}{13}\times(\frac{4}{13})^2=0.087$
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