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A lot of \[100\] watches is known to have \[10\] defective watches. If 8 watches are selected (one by one with replacement) at random, what is the probability that there will be at least one defective watch?

Given: Total number of watches = \[100\] and number of defective watches = \[10\]

So, the probability of selecting a detective watch = \[10/100\text{ }=\text{ }1/10\]

Now,

n = \[8\], \[p\text{ }=\text{ }1/10\]and \[q\text{ }=\text{ }1\text{ }\text{ }1/10\text{ }=\text{ }9/10,\text{ }r\text{ }\ge \text{ }1\]

\[P\left( X\text{ }\ge \text{ }1 \right)\text{ }=\text{ }1\text{ }\text{ }P\left( x\text{ }=\text{ }0 \right)\text{ }=\text{ }1\text{ }{{~}^{8}}{{C}_{0}}~{{\left( 1/10 \right)}^{0}}{{\left( 9/10 \right)}^{8\text{ }\text{ }0}}~=\text{ }1\text{ }\text{ }{{\left( 9/10 \right)}^{8}}\]

Therefore, the required probability is \[1\text{ }\text{ }{{\left( 9/10 \right)}^{8}}\].