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Answer:

Yes, the given experiment is a binomial experiment.


Step-by-step explanation:
The conditions of the binomial experiment are
1. The trails are independent.
2. There are two possible outcomes i.e. success or failure.
3. The probability of success p remains constant on each trail.
4. The experiment is repeated fixed number of times n.
When an intruding aircraft enters the scene, the random variable X, the number of radar units
that do not detect the plane indicates binomial experiment because
1. The four identical radar units are independent of each other.
2. There are two possible outcomes i.e. radar will detect the plane or radar will not detect the
plane.
3. The probability of not detecting the plane p=0.05 remains constant on each trial. Here the
probability of success is the probability of not detecting the plane can be calculated as
The probability of not detecting the plane=1- probability of detecting the plane
4. The experiment consists of four radar units i.e. n=4.

Given in the question that replacement guarantee is offered if at most 1 of 10 screws is defective.So the
probability of this to occur is :

   P(x = 0) + P(x = 1)

 =  10C0 * (0.99)10 +  10C1(0.01)(0.99)9  

 = 0.9957

 = 99.57 %

(Had the probability been asked for replacement guarantee if at least 2 are defective it would have been
0.43 % but here we are given at most one which is coming out to be 99.57%

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