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CUET · MATHS · PYQ PAPER 2025

It is known that \(3\%\) of plastic bags manufactured in a factory are defective. Using the Poisson distribution on a sample of 100 bags, the probability of at most one defective bag is :

  1. A \(\frac{4}{e^2}\)
  2. B \(\frac{4}{e^3}\)
  3. C \(e^{-3}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{3}\)
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(B) \(\frac{4}{e^3}\)

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\(\lambda = np = 100 \times 0.03 = 3\) \(P(X \le 1) = P(X=0) + P(X=1) = \frac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda^0}{0!} + \frac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda^1}{1!}\) \(P(X \le 1) = \frac{e^{-3}3^0}{0!} + \frac{e^{-3}3^1}{1!} = e^{-3} + 3e^{-3}\) \(P(X \le 1) = 4e^{-3} = \frac{4}{e^3}\)