A supermarket claims that its checkout scanners correctly price 99.8% of the items sold. How many items would you expect to buy, on average, to find one that scans incorrectly?

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Philip

20 October, 00:40

A supermarket claims that its checkout scanners correctly price 99.8% of the items sold. How many items would you expect to buy, on average, to find one that scans incorrectly?

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Amaris Livingston · Answer 1

The answer is 50.

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A supermarket claims that its checkout scanners correctly price 99.8% of the items sold. That means for every 100 product the scanner prices wrong 2 products. Therefore, to find one that scans incorrectly, minimum 50 item i am expect to buy.