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#1 2006-11-15 02:24:52
- morik
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2 Tricky Probability Questions
A salesman works for 236 days of the year and makes 8 calls each working day.
Moreover on average he has a 20 percent chance of making a sale on each call.
1. What is the probability that he makes no sales at all on a given day?
2. On about how many days will he make no sales at all?
Help would be brilliant! I don't know where to even start on this problem.
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#2 2006-11-15 02:33:14
- Toast
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Re: 2 Tricky Probability Questions
1. He has a 0.8 chance to not make a sale, and since he makes 8 calls each day, the chance is 0.8^8.
2. This is the answer to 1. multiplied by 236.
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