Question

The probability of finding a broken cookie in a bag of chocolate chip cookies is P= .03. Find the probability of getting at least 2 broken cookies in a bag containing 36 cookies.
A) .91
B) .294
C) .33
D) .06

Answer 1

@iGreen

Answer 2

Think of this as the opposite of the question: "What is the probability of finding exactly 0 or exactly 1 broken cookie in a bag of cookies?"

Answer 3

The probability of getting zero broken cookies is the easiest to calculate because it is just the probability that a single cookie is whole raised to the power of the number of cookies.


(disclaimer: we are assuming that cookies being broken are completely independent events which is a horrible horrible assumption if this were in real life since you can drop a bag of cookies and break half of them at once)

Answer 4

So, what is the probability of 0 broken cookies out of 36?

Answer 5

i have no idea.. sorry i dont get this at all.

Answer 6

What about a bag of two cookies, what is the probability that both are not broken?

Answer 7

idk

Answer 8

@Luigi0210 @wio

Answer 9

@Kainui

Answer 10

@iGreen plz helpp

Answer 11

@iGreen HELLOOO??? U THERE?????

Answer 12

Okay, what about just one cookie, if the chance that it is broken is 0.03, what is the chance that it is not broken?

Answer 13

.294??

Answer 14

@Valpey

Answer 15

If a cookie is broken 3% of the time, what percent of the time is it not broken?

Answer 16

idk can u just tell me i need help and this is my hw and i have a class soon.. just explain it to me

Answer 17

I can't give you the answer @iamabarbiegirl. I need your help to think about the probability of these events happening if we are going to get to a binomial process.

Answer 18

The chance of two independent events both happening is the product of their respective probabilities multiplied together. So if a cookie is whole, say 90% of the time, then two cookies are whole 90% * 90% of the time. 90% * 90% is equal to 81%. (on a calculator we might say 0.90*0.90)