Suppose that the probability that a passenger will miss a flight is 0.0937. Airlines do not like flights with empty sea
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 12:57 pm
Suppose that the probability that a passenger will miss a flight
is 0.0937. Airlines do not like flights with
empty seats, but it is also not desirable to have overbooked
flights because passengers must be "bumped" from the flight.
Suppose that an airplane has a seating capacity
of 54 passengers.
(a) If 56 tickets are sold, what is the
probability that 55 or 56 passengers show up
for the flight resulting in an overbooked flight?
(b) Suppose that 60 tickets are sold. What is the
probability that a passenger will have to be "bumped"?
(c) For a plane with seating capacity
of 290 passengers, what is the largest number of tickets
that can be sold to keep the probability of a passenger
being "bumped" below1%?
is 0.0937. Airlines do not like flights with
empty seats, but it is also not desirable to have overbooked
flights because passengers must be "bumped" from the flight.
Suppose that an airplane has a seating capacity
of 54 passengers.
(a) If 56 tickets are sold, what is the
probability that 55 or 56 passengers show up
for the flight resulting in an overbooked flight?
(b) Suppose that 60 tickets are sold. What is the
probability that a passenger will have to be "bumped"?
(c) For a plane with seating capacity
of 290 passengers, what is the largest number of tickets
that can be sold to keep the probability of a passenger
being "bumped" below1%?