Sets + probability - practice problems
Number of problems found: 72
- Library and gym
In a town, 7/8 of the population has a library card, and 3/4 has a gym membership. What fraction of the population has either a library card or a gym membership? - And or logic
If A and B are events with P(A)=0.3, P(A OR B)=0.76, and P(A AND B)=0.04, find P(B). Enter your answer in decimal form, rounded to one place. - And - or probability rules
Given P(A)=0.4, P(B)=0.56, and P(A and B)=0.274, find the value of P(A or B), rounding, if necessary. - Five roommates
Five roommates will move into a house with four bedrooms: one double room and three single rooms. The five roommates propose that they draw names to determine the order in which they pick the bedrooms, assuming that the first three names drawn will choose - Ruben
Ruben owns a restaurant. He likes to keep track of everything customers are buying. His top 3 sellers are sandwiches, salads, and pizza. He knows that 1/3 of his customers buy a sandwich, 1/2 buy a salad, and 1/4 buy a pizza. What fraction of customers bu - A disease
A disease affects 10% of the individuals in a population, and a sample of 100 people was selected from the population. What is the probability of finding the disease in at least 15 people? - Three sets
Of 240 students, 173 are on the honor roll, 48 are members of the varsity team, and 36 are on the honor roll and are also members of the varsity team. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is on the honor roll or is a member of the vars - False positive, false negative
Suppose the likelihood of someone being allergic to cats is 1/1000 of the general population. A test to determine if you're allergic to cats has a false positive rate of 5%; that is, 5% of the time, the test will indicate incorrectly that you are allergic - Testing students
Giving a test to a group of students, the grades and gender are summarized below. Grades and Gender ; A; B ; C ; Total Male; 20; 6; 19 ; 45 Female ; 17; 18; 13; 48 Total; 37; 24; 32; 93 If one student is chosen at random, a) Find the probability that the - Probability 81964
Calculate the probability of the event that you sit in seats 1 to 30 in the cinema at: a) seat marked with a prime number b) seat marked with an even number c) a seat marked with a number divisible by 3 or 4 - Probability 81591
We roll the dice three times. Calculate the probability of getting an even number on the first, second, or third toss. - Probability 80785
We roll the dice and then toss the coin as many times as the number that came up on the dice. What is the probability that the coin lands head at least once? - A math
A math teacher teaches Geometry and Precalculus. 37% of students take both math classes, and only 39% take just Geometry. What is the probability that a student will attend Precalculus given that they attended Geometry? What is the percentage of students - Ordered pairs
Given: Set T = {(1,2), (2,3), (3,4), (4,5), (5,5), (6,7), (6,6), (7,8), (8,9), (9,9), (9, 10), (11,12), (12,13), (13,14), (15,16), (16,16), (17,18), (18,19), (20,21)} Find the probability of having an ordered pair wherein the second element is greater tha - Conditional probability
Suppose a batch contains ten items, of which four are defective. Two items are drawn at random from the batch, one after the other, without replacement. What is the probability that: I) both are defective? Ii) Is the second item defective? - A bag 4
A bag contains 18 balls that differ only in color, 11 are blue, and seven are red. If two balls are picked, one after the other without replacement, find the probability that both are (i) Blue (ii) Of the same color (iii) Of different colors - Box of donuts
Elizabeth brought a box of donuts to share. There are two dozen (24) donuts in the box, all identical in size, shape, and color. Six are jelly-filled, ten are lemon-filled, and eight are custard-filled. You randomly select one donut, eat it, and s - Three 192
Three separate containers each have one purple marble and two blue marbles. One marble is chosen from each box. Find the probability of selecting a blue marble from each box. - A six-sided
A six-sided die is rolled once. What is the probability that the number rolled is an even number greater than two? - The following
The following data represents the number of cases of coffee or filters sold by four sales reps in a recent sales competition. Sales Person; Gourmet; Single Cup; Filters; Total Connor; 142; 325; 30; 497 Paige ; 42; 125; 40; 207 Bryce ; 9; 100; 10; 119 Mall
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