A law enforcement agency processes 500 background checks for firearms purchasers ...

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A law enforcement agency processes 500 background checks for firearms purchasers. Fifty applicants are convicted felons. Through a clerk's error, ten applicants are approved without checking for felony convictions.

a What is the probability that none of the 10 is a felon?

b That at least two of the 10 are convicted felons?

c That fewer than 4 of ten are convicted felons?

d Justify the use of the binomial approximation.

    • 8 years ago
    n = 10, p = 50/500 = 0.1, q = 1 - p = 0.9 ...
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