Tom is making calls door to door in a neighborhood of 45 houses to give out gift cards for a new supermarket. He leaves a gift card only on those calls for which the door is answered. On any call the probability of the door being answered is 40%. a) Find the probability that Tom gives away at most 2 gift cards in the first 5 calls. b) Given that he has given away exactly 2 gift cards on his first 5 calls, find the probability that Tom will give away the 5th gift card on the 10th call. c) Find the expected total number of cards given out when he is done.

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Jerry Valentine

13 August, 17:15

Tom is making calls door to door in a neighborhood of 45 houses to give out gift cards for a new supermarket. He leaves a gift card only on those calls for which the door is answered. On any call the probability of the door being answered is 40%. a) Find the probability that Tom gives away at most 2 gift cards in the first 5 calls. b) Given that he has given away exactly 2 gift cards on his first 5 calls, find the probability that Tom will give away the 5th gift card on the 10th call. c) Find the expected total number of cards given out when he is done.

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Colt Snyder · Answer 1

A) 0,7

B) 0,14

C) 18

Step-by-step explanation:

40% is 2/5, so the propbability to answer is 2/5 and to not answer is 3/5.

a) at most 2 cards mean it can be 0 card, 1card and 2cards.

For 0, brobability is (3/5) ^5=0,08

For 1, probability is 5 * (2/5) (3/5) ^4=0,26

(5 is number of combination when door is answered, on first call, 2nd, 3th, 4th or 5th)

For 2, probability is (5/choose 2) (2/5) ^2 (3/5) ^3=10 (27/3125) = 0,36

So 0,08+0,26+0,36=0,7

B) now we have 5 new more calls and he had to give 3 cards and 3th is on 5th call.

6 * (3/5) ^2 (2/5) ^3=0,14

C) the probability is 40% so expected number is 45*0,4=18.