A state the probability distribution of x and its


Icelandair sells 32 tickets for a flight on a small airplane that has only 30 seats, because on average 10% of passengers do not show up for their flights. Denote by X the number of passengers that do not show up for this particular flight.

(a) State the probability distribution of X and its parameter(s).

(b) Find the probability that everyone who appears for the flight will have a seat.

(c) Ten passengers out of the 30 on board are randomly selected to participate in a survey. Let Y denote the number of selected passengers that sit in odd-numbered seats (the seats are numbered from 1 to 30). State the distribution of Y and its parameter(s).

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