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A courier service claims that only 5 % of all of its deliveries arrive late. Assuming deliveries are independent, a sample of 10 deliveries is randomly selected.
-What is the probability that more than 2 of the sample deliveries arrive late?
A) 0.0115
B) 0.0105
C) 0.0862
D) 0.0746
E) 0.0439

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The probability of a delivery arriving late is 0.05. The probability of a delivery arriving on time is 0.95. The probability of more than 2 deliveries arriving late is the complement of the probability of 0, 1, or 2 deliveries arriving late. The probability of 0 deliveries arriving late is 0.95^10 = 0.5987. The probability of 1 delivery arriving late is 10 * 0.05 * 0.95^9 = 0.2993. The probability of 2 deliveries arriving late is 45 * 0.05^2 * 0.95^8 = 0.1020. The probability of more than 2 deliveries arriving late is 1 - 0.5987 - 0.2993 - 0.1020 = 0.0115.

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