Data from the past shows that on average, a ready-mixed concrete plant receives 100 orders for...

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Data from the past shows that on average, a ready-mixed concreteplant receives 100 orders for concrete every year. The maximumnumber of orders that the plant can fullfil each week is 2. (a)What is the probability that in a given week the plant cannotfulfil all the placed orders? (b) Assume the answer to part (a) is20% (It is not; I just want to make sure that everybody uses thesame number for part (b)). Suppose there are 5 of such plants. Whatis the probability that in a given week 2 of the plants cannotfulfill their orders?

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as there are average 100 orders per year so as we know thatthere are total 52 weeks in a normal year hence average order perweek 10052 192let X is number of orders per week so    See Answer
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