Combinatorics - math word problems

Number of problems found: 342

  • Pupils
    wolfenstein_3d Four pupils is going via dark hall. Start at one side and have to get to the other side for 17 minutes. They have only one lamp for the trip. The corridor is narrow, they can therefore go up two pupils at a time and go at the slower speed. Each pupil went
  • What is
    dices2 What is the probability that the sum of 9 will fall on a roll of two dice? Hint: write down all the pairs that can occur as follows: 11 12 13 14 15. . 21 22 23 24. .. . 31 32. .. . . . . . .. . 66, count them, it's the variable n variable m: 36, 63,. .. .
  • Assembly time
    mean_normal The assembly time for the toy follows a normal distribution with a mean of 75 minutes and a standard deviation of 9 minutes. The company closes at 5 pm every day. If one starts assembling at 4 pm what is the probability that he will finish before the comp
  • Stoaches
    normal_d_2 Stoaches are fictional creatures distantly related to bigfoot and yeti. Stoach weights are normally distributed, with mean 904g and standard deviation 104g. State the probability that the sample mean of a random sample of 36 stoach weights exceeds 943g. (
  • Monty Hall
    Monty_open_door Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. Wh
  • Doctor 2
    heart A doctor noted the Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) of a large number of patients. Later, he scrambled the data to keep the privacy of his patients. Based on the scrambled dataset, he finds that the lower inner fence is equal to 50 and the upper inner fence
  • Divide
    hrusky How many different ways can three people divide 7 pears and 5 apples?
  • Chess
    sachovnica How many ways can select 4 fields on classic chess board with 64 fields, so that fields don't has the same color?
  • 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 d
  • Normal Distribution
    normal_d At one college, GPA's are normally distributed with a mean of 3.1 and a standard deviation of 0.4. What percentage of students at the college have a GPA between 2.7 and 3.5?
  • 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 the
  • Phone numbers
    old_phone How many 7-digit telephone numbers can be compiled from the digits 0,1,2,..,8,9 that no digit is repeated?
  • STRESSED word
    DESSERTS Each letter in STRESSED is printed on identical cards, one letter per card, and assembled in random order. Calculate the probability that the cards spell DESSERTS when assembled.
  • Chambers
    commision The decision-making committee consists of three people. In order for the commission's decision to be valid, at least two members must vote in the same way. It is not possible not to vote in the commission, everyone only votes yes or no. We assume that the
  • One dice
    dice Calculate the probability of a roll of one dice with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on the walls. Write the results in a notebook in the shape of a fraction in the basic form: 2/3. a, The number 1 falls on the cube. b, The number 5 falls on the cube. c, An
  • Password
    codes The voltage station is every day changing the master password, which consists of three letters. Code generation process does not change and is based on the following procedure: The following letters (A) to (I) correspond to different numbers from 1 to 9.
  • Bureau of Labor
    UPSVAR Bureau of Labor is a state institution that provides mike and the rest for their so-called clients. The mission of the Bureau of Labor is spend taxpayer money to provide relaxation and benefits to those who do not want to work. Popularly speaking sense th
  • Statistics quiz
    normal_d_1 Fill in the missing word 1. in a data set, the mean, median and mode are measured of ________________ 2. "The manipulation of variables under controlled conditions"is the data collection method known as______________ 3. in a normal distribution, the area
  • Salami
    salama How many ways can we choose 5 pcs of salami if we have 6 types of salami for 10 pieces and one type for 4 pieces?
  • Box and whisker plot
    box-whisker-plot Construct a box and whisker plot for the given data. 56, 32, 54, 32, 23, 67, 23, 45, 12, 32, 34, 24, 36, 47, 19, 43

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