Introduction to Probability · Problem 5.1.28

Distributions and Densities — Grinstead & Snell

Mathematics — Probability · poisson-distribution

Problem

An airline finds that 4 percent of the passengers that make reservations on a particular flight will not show up. Consequently, their policy is to sell 100 reserved seats on a plane that has only 98 seats. Find the probability that every person who shows up for the flight will find a seat available.

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