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The probability that at least 10% of the boards are defective is:
7.35%
The probability of exactly 10 units being defective is:
9.634%
With 250 samples the distribution of percent of boards failed can be approximated as a normal distibution. The standard deviation of binomial random variable is
sqrt(n*p*(1-p))
where p is the probability of failure.
This gives a standard deviation of 3.44601 and 10% deviates from the 5% mean by 1.45 standard deviations. Looking this up on a standard deviation chart shows that
7.35% of 250 unit samples will exceed or meet a 10% failure rate
The formula for the probabilty of a certain number of sucesses occuring is
(n choose k)*(p^n)*((1-p)^(n-k))
where p is the probability of success
n is the number of trials
n choose k is the best way i have of writing the binomial coefficient
and
k is the number of successes
the answer is found by letting
p=.95
n=250
k=240