Question

Smith is a weld inspector at a shipyard. He knows from keeping track of good and substandard welds that for the afternoon shift 10% of all welds done will be substandard. More than 100,000 welds were completed during one afternoon shift. If Smith randomly selects a sample of 144 welds then what is the probability that he will find 18 or more substandard welds? Round to 4 decimal places

Answer

Smith us a weld inspector at a shipyard. He knows from keeping track of good and substandard welds that for the afternoon shift 10℅ of all welds done will be substandard.

=> Given data :- 

  • Probability of finding a substandard weld (P) = 10℅               => P = 0.1
  • Sample size (n) = 144

=> According to the Binomial Distribution:

* The average number of welds (m)

= m = n × p

= 144 × 0.1

=> m = 14.4

* The standard Deviation of weld = √m

= √14.4

=>  sd = 3.7947

=> By using Normal Distribution, Z value corresponding to 18 is to be calculated..

=> Z = (X – mean)/standard deviation

= (18 – 14.4)/3.7947

= 3.6/3.7947

=> Z = 0.9486

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