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Airline overbooking 2009-09-03
From Nikita:
An airline company knows that 8% of it's passengers will not show up for their scheduled flights. A plane has 175 seats.

a) What is the probability that 10 passengers or fewer will not show up?

b) What is the probability that 10 to15 passengers will not show up?

c)What is the probability that exactly 10 passengers will not show up?

d) What is the probability that more than 19 passengers will not show up?

Answered by Robert Dawson.
 
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