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Score: 0 of 1 pt 100f 100 (8 complete) Score: 5%, 5 of 100 pts X 5.3.38-T Question Help * When someone buys a ticket for an airline flight, there is a 0.0976 probability that the person will not show up for the flight. A certain jet can seat 18 passengers. Is it wise to book 20 passengers for a flight on the jet? Explain Determine whether or not booking 20 passengers for 18 seats on the jet is a wise decision. Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer box in that choice with the probability that there are not enough seats on the jet. (Round to four decimal places as needed.) A It is a wise decision because the probability that there are not enough seats on the et is O B. It is a wise decision because the probability that there are not enough seats on the jet is So o booking is an unlikely event. .So, overbooking is not an unlikely event. It is not a wise decision because the probability that there are not enough seats on the jet is . So, overbooking is an unlikely event. C. D It is not a wise decision because the probability that there are not enough seats on the et is So overbooking is not an unlikely event.

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let x be the no. of people among 20 who appear for filight.

here we use binomila distibition with n= 20 and p=1-0.0976=0.902

Using excel function 1-BINOMDIST(18,20,0.902,true) it will give answer is 0.4033.

So answer is D) It is not a wise decision because the probability that there are not enough seats on the jet is __. So, overbooking is not an unlikely event.

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