Question: An airline flight from new York to san Francisco seats 213 people Assume the probability that a passenger with reservation will not show up for the flight is .0995. the airline accepts 236 reservation the flight that seats 213. Find the probability if 236 reservations are accepted for the flight more passengers show up than there are seat.

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Is the probability of overbooking small enough so that it does not happen very often, or does it seem too high so that changes must made to make it lower ? Now use trial and error to find the maximum number of reservations that could be accepted so that the probability of having more passengers than seats is .05 or less