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Estimate a defect probability from a frequency table
A company manufactures a wide variety of components for use in domestic appliances.
The company introduces a new type of light fitting for refrigerators. Each day a supervisor selects a sample of 100 of the light fittings for testing.
(i) How should the light fittings be selected? Give a reason for this method of selection.
The supervisor records the number of faulty light fittings found on each of 150 working days. Her results are shown in the table.
| Number faulty | Number of days |
|---|---|
| 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 38 |
| 3 | 41 |
| 4 | 22 |
| 5 | 16 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 or more | 0 |
(ii) Use the information in the table to estimate , the probability that a light fitting is faulty.
(iii) Assuming the number of faulty fittings found each day follows the binomial distribution , find the expected number of days on which 3 faulty fittings are found in a period of 150 working days.
[2021/II/11(a)]
CJC · Discussion · Question 10
Compute the weighted mean faults per sample, then divide by the sample size 100.