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Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence 9th Edition by James Evans,William Lindsay

Edition 9ISBN: 978-1285069463
book Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence 9th Edition by James Evans,William Lindsay cover

Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence 9th Edition by James Evans,William Lindsay

Edition 9ISBN: 978-1285069463
Exercise 7
The Turkuman Rug Company buys medium grade carpet in 100-foot rolls. The average number of defects per roll is 1.8. Assuming that these data follow a Poisson distribution, use the Poisson spreadsheet template to answer the following questions.
a. What is the probability of finding exactly 7 defects in a carpet roll chosen at random?
b. What is the probability of finding 4 or fewer defects in a carpet roll?
Explanation
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a.Poisson distribution:
It is given tha...

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