Boolean algebra - math word problems

  1. Birthday paradox
    holland How large must the group of people be so that the probability that two people have a birthday on the same day of the year is greater than 90%?
  2. Double probability
    dices2 The probability of success of the planned action is 60%. What is the probability that success will be achieved at least once if this action is repeated twice?
  3. Percents from percent
    percent_1 How much is 13% of 20% of 500 greater than 8% of 14% of 200?
  4. The university
    family_1 At a certain university, 25% of students are in the business faculty. Of the students in the business faculty, 66% are males. However, only 52% of all students at the university are male. a. What is the probability that a student selected at random in t
  5. Sick days
    flu In Canada, there are typically 261 working days per year. If there is a 4.9% chance that an employee takes a sick day. .. what is the probability an employee will use 17 OR MORE sick days in a year?
  6. School trip
    venn_intersect On a school trip, 17 of the 28 children bought ice cream or chocolate in a candy store. Twelve children bought chocolate, and nine children bought ice cream. How many children bought ice cream and chocolate? How many children did not buy ice cream? How ma
  7. Records
    binomial_1 Records indicate 90% error-free. If 8 records are randomly selected, what is the probability that at least 2 records have no errors?
  8. Intersect and conjuction
    venn_intersect Let U={1,2,3,4,5,6} A={1,3,5} B={2,4,6} C={3,6} Find the following. 1. )AUB 2. )A'UB'
  9. Three shooters
    terc2_3 Three shooters shoot, each one time, on the same target. The first hit the target with a probability of 0.7; second with a probability of 0.8 and a third with a probability of 0.9. What is the probability to hit the target: a) just once b) at least once
  10. The Hotel
    hotel-montfort-tatry-2_2 The Holiday Hotel has the same number of rooms on each floor. Rooms are numbered with natural numbers sequentially from the first floor, no number is omitted, and each room has a different number. Three tourists arrived at the hotel. The first one was in
  11. Dining questionnaire
    dotaznik In the class of 32 pupils, the class teacher delivered a satisfaction questionnaire to the school canteen. Eleven people have questioned whether they are satisfied with the dining room. The completed questionnaire also included the vote of the class teach
  12. PIN code
    pin_2 PIN on Michael credit card is a four-digit number. Michael told this to his friend: • It is a prime number - that is, a number greater than 1, which is only divisible by number one and by itself. • The first digit is larger than the second. • The second
  13. Probability - tickets
    zreby What is the probability when you have 25 tickets in 5000 that you not wins the first (one) prize?
  14. Holidays
    ndr Of the 35 students of class were 7 on holiday in Germany and just as much in Italy. 5 students visited Austria. In none of these countries was 21 students, all three visited by one student . In Italy and Austria were 2 students and in Austria and Germany

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