A bin contains 63 light bulbs of which 9 are defective. if 3 light bulbs are randomly selected from the bin with​ replacement, find the probability that all the bulbs selected are good ones. round to the nearest thousandth if necessary.

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With replacement, probability of selecting a good bulb remains

(63-9)/63

=6/7


If the bulbs are selected WITH replacement three times, then

P(all good)

= (6/7)^3 (by the multiplication rule)

= 216/343

= 0.630 (to three decimal places)

Since there are [tex] 9 [/tex] defective bulbs, there are [tex] 63-9=54 [/tex] good ones.


So, the probability of choosing a good one with the first draw is [tex] \frac{54}{63} = \frac{6}{7} [/tex]. This holds for all draws, since the replacement resets the experiment each time.


So, the answer is [tex] \left( \frac{6}{7} \right)^3 \approx 0.630 [/tex]