Acme Airlines flies airplanes that seat 12 passengers From e
Acme Airlines flies airplanes that seat 12 passengers. From experience, they have learned that, on average, 80% of the passengers holding reservations for a particular flight actually show up for the flight. If they hook 13 passengers for a flight, what is the probability that 12 or fewer passengers holding reservations will actually show up for the flight? (Write a, b, or c as your answer.) less than 90% between 90 and 95%, inclusive more than 95%
Solution
Using a cumulative binomial distribution table or technology, matching
n = number of trials = 13
p = the probability of a success = 0.8
x = the maximum number of successes = 12
Then the cumulative probability is
P(at most 12 ) = 0.945024419
Thus, it is
OPTION B: BETWEEN 90 AND 95%, INCLUSIVE [ANSWER]
