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?
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

    \[1\text{ }\text{ }{{\left( 9/10 \right)}^{8}}\]

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