Step 1 :The television show 50 Minutes has been successful for many years. That show recently had a share of 23%, which means, that among the TV sets in use, 23% were tuned to 50 Minutes. An advertiser wants to verify that 23% share value by conducting its own survey, and a pilot survey begins with 11 households have TV sets in use at the time of a 50 Minutes broadcast.
Step 2 :We want to find the probability that at least one household is tuned to 50 Minutes.
Step 3 :The probability of at least one event happening is equal to 1 minus the probability of none of the events happening. In this case, the probability of at least one household tuning into 50 Minutes is equal to 1 minus the probability of none of the 11 households tuning into 50 Minutes.
Step 4 :The probability of a household not tuning into 50 Minutes is \(1 - 0.23 = 0.77\).
Step 5 :Since there are 11 households, the probability of none of them tuning into 50 Minutes is \(0.77^{11}\).
Step 6 :Calculate the probability of none of them tuning into 50 Minutes, which is approximately 0.056.
Step 7 :Subtract this probability from 1 to find the probability of at least one household tuning into 50 Minutes, which is approximately \(1 - 0.056 = 0.944\).
Step 8 :Final Answer: The probability that at least one household is tuned to 50 Minutes is approximately \(\boxed{0.944}\).