Neco 2017 Further Mathematics Question 7

Practice objective / multiple choice question 7 from the 2017 Neco Further Mathematics examination.

Neco 2017 Further Mathematics Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 7 NECO • 2017 • FURTHER_MATHEMATICS • objective

A quality inspector examines 20 items from a production line and finds exactly 4 defective items. Assuming each item is defective independently with probability \(p\), (a) find the maximum‑likelihood estimate of \(p\); (b) using this estimate, compute the probability that in the next batch of 10 items at most one is defective. Give your answer to three decimal places.

Answer Options

A. 0.452
Correct Answer B. 0.376
C. 0.107
D. 0.244
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
0.376

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This is Neco 2017 Further Mathematics Question 7. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Further Mathematics examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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