Exhibit 5-11
A local bottling company has determined the number of machine breakdowns per month and their respective probabilities as shown below:
Number of Breakdowns | Probability
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0 | 0.12 |
1 | 0.38 |
2 | 0.25 |
3 | 0.18 |
4 | 0.07 |
Refer to Exhibit 5-11. The expected number of machine breakdowns per month is
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2
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1.70
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one, since it has the highest probability
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at least 4