Rewrite the expression by factoring :
12x + 18

Amachine that produces a special type of transistor (a component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. the production is considered a random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) what is the probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect? (b) what is the probability that the machine produces no defective transistors in a batch of 100? (c) on average, how many transistors would you expect to be produced before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (d) another machine that also produces transistors has a 5% defective rate where each transistor is produced independent of the others. on average how many transistors would you expect to be produced with this machine before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (e) based on your answers to parts (c) and (d), how does increasing the probability of an event a↵ect the mean and standard deviation of the wait time until success?

Margie is practicing for an upcoming tennis tournament. her first serve is good 20 out of 30 times on average. margie wants to know the estimated probability that her first serve will be good at least four of the next six times she serves. how could she design a simulation for this scenario?

Anew movie is released each year for 14 years to go along with a popular book series. each movie is 2 minutes longer than the last to go along with a plot twist. the first movie is 70 minutes long. use an arithmetic series formula to determine the total length of all 14 movies