Question

USA Today reported that approximately 25% of all state prison inmates released on parole become repeat offenders while on parole. Suppose the parole board is examining five prisoners up for parole. Let x = number of prisoners out of five on parole who become repeat offenders. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 P(x) 0.203 0.363 0.207 0.208 0.018 0.001 (a) Find the probability that one or more of the five parolees will be repeat offenders. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

Answer 1

(a)

The probability that one or more of the five parolees will be repeat offenders is

Answer: 0.797