Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · The Poisson distribution

The Poisson distribution — practice question

A factory produces water pistols, and $8\%$ of them are faulty.
(i)[3]

A random sample of $19$ water pistols is selected. Find the probability that at most $2$ do not work properly.

(ii)[3]

In a random sample of $n$ water pistols, the chance that at least one does not work properly exceeds $0.9$. Determine the least possible value of $n$.

(iii)[5]

A random sample of $1800$ water pistols is taken. Use an approximation to find the probability that at least $152$ do not work properly.

(iv)[1]

Justify the approximation used in part (iii).

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