During the winter months, in a certain village in Scotland, the probability of a day having severe fog is 0…

During the winter months, in a certain village in Scotland, the probability of a day having severe fog is 0.6 . The probability that in a given week there will be exactly two days with severe fog is
  1. $\frac{6048}{5^7}$
  2. $\frac{2016}{5^7}$
  3. $\frac{3024}{5^7}$
  4. $\frac{12096}{5^7}$

Solution

$P($ severe fog on a day $)=0.6$. $\therefore P($ no severe fog on a day $)=0.4$ Total number of days $=7$, $\therefore P$ (exactly 2 days of sever fog) $ \begin{aligned} & ={ }^7 C_2 \times(0.6)^2(0.4)^5 \\ & =\frac{21 \times 9 \times 32}{5^7}=\frac{6048}{5^7} \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2022 (07 Jul Shift 2)

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