In: Statistics and Probability
The conformity of serial production parts is verified using a
non-destructive test.
However, the test is not 100% reliable. Indeed, previous statistics
show that 12% of compliant parts are classified as non-compliant,
and 10% of non-compliant parts are classified as compliant.
We also know that 20% of the production parts are really
non-compliant.
This test is used to verify the compliance of a sample of 41
randomly selected parts in this production
a) Calculate the probability that 7 pieces of the sample are
classified as non-compliant by the test.
b) Given that 7 parts in the sample are classified as nonconforming
by the test, what is the probability that in fact there are exactly
11 nonconforming parts?