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Question: A book contains 100 misprints distributed randomly in its 200 pages. If a page observed at random ha...

A book contains 100 misprints distributed randomly in its 200 pages. If a page observed at random has less than 3 misprints, what is the probability that it has no misprints.

A

5/13

B

6/13

C

7/13

D

8/13

Answer

8/13

Explanation

Solution

λ = 12\frac { 1 } { 2 }

P(0/0 or 1 & 2)

=

= 11+12+18=88+4+1=813\frac { 1 } { 1 + \frac { 1 } { 2 } + \frac { 1 } { 8 } } = \frac { 8 } { 8 + 4 + 1 } = \frac { 8 } { 13 }