An airline has found that on average,8% of its passengers request vegetarian meals.On a flight with 360 passengers the airline has 35 vegetarian dinners available.What is the probability that it will be short of vegetarian dinners?

A) 0.081
B) 0.919
C) 0.067
D) 0.394
E) 0.606

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Marcelo Lastra · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The probability of a passenger requesting a vegetarian meal is 0.08. The probability of the airline running out of vegetarian dinners is the probability that more than 35 passengers request a vegetarian meal. This can be calculated using the binomial distribution:P(X > 35) = 1 - P(X <= 35) = 1 - sum(binomial(360, 0.08, k) for k in range(36)) = 0.081Therefore, the probability that the airline will be short of vegetarian dinners is 0.081.

An airline has found that on average,8% of its passengers request vegetarian meals.On a flight with 360 passengers the airline has 35 vegetarian dinners available.What is the probability that it will be short of vegetarian dinners?

A) 0.081
B) 0.919
C) 0.067
D) 0.394
E) 0.606

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An airline has found that on average,8% of its passengers request vegetarian meals.On a flight with 360 passengers the airline has 35 vegetarian dinners available.What is the probability that it will be short of vegetarian dinners?

A) 0.081
B) 0.919
C) 0.067
D) 0.394
E) 0.606