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Find the Probability Two Muffins Are Sufficient
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October 7, 2026 · 1 min read
Overview: Represent five independent bakery selections as a binomial random variable and ask whether two muffins are enough for the demand. The solution adds the cases of zero, one, and two requests, gets 459/512, and rounds the resulting 89.648% probability to 90%. See the full Sig Data Scientist interview experience where this question appeared.
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