Probability: Is the manager telling the truth?

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Homework Statement



The manager of a factory proclaims 99% of the products manufactured in his factory are unflawed. If we draw 50 products from 5000 products and find 2 of 50 are flawed, then how do we know the manage is telling the truth?

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The Attempt at a Solution



Answer:

[itex]\frac{{5000*0.99 \choose 48} {5000*0.01 \choose 2}}{ {5000 \choose 50}} \approx 0.0754[/itex]

Manager lied.

Is this correct? Thank you in advance!
 
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You cannot conclude that the manager lied based on this result. You could have been unlucky with the 50 products. A probability of 7.5% is still reasonable and needs more tests before such a strong conclusion can be drawn.