A company has determined that 1% of its widgets are defective.

If a customer received 2 widgets, what is the probability that they are both defective?

1/10
1/10,000
1/100
1/1,000

Question

A company has determined that 1% of its widgets are defective.

If a customer received 2 widgets, what is the probability that they are both defective?

1/10
1/10,000
1/100
1/1,000

anonymous · Answer

Assume independence because there are probably a lot of widgets.

1/100     x      1/100       =      1/10,000

anonymous · Answer

How did you get the 1/100?

anonymous · Answer

From 1%

1% = 0.01 = 1/100

anonymous · Answer

Oh, okay. Thank you for helping me :)

anonymous · Answer

Good luck to you in all of your studies and thx for the recognition!  @k3nzi14 and you're welcome!