Mean + binomial distribution - practice problems
Number of problems found: 26
- Family survey
A total of 160 families with 4 children each were surveyed with the following results. Boys; 4; 3; 2; 1; 0 Girls ; 0; 1; 2; 3; 4 Families; 7; 50; 55; 32; 16 Let the probability of picking a boy or a girl be 1/2. Let P=boy, Q=girl. What is the probability - The Uniform Distribution
The number of tickets purchased by an individual for Beckham colleges holiday music festival is uniformly distributed random variable ranging from 5 to 12. What is the standard deviation? - Distribution 82042
Assume that the IQ in the population follows a normal distribution with a mean of 100 points and a standard deviation of 10 points. With what probability among 15 randomly selected people: a. Is there anyone with an IQ above 130 points? b. Are there at le - Distribution 67074
The time required to complete the test has a normal distribution with a mean of 50 minutes and a standard deviation of 10 minutes. What percentage of students take the test within 30 minutes?
- Three sigma rule
Stomach weights are normally distributed, with a mean of 1314g and a standard deviation of 113g. State the probability that a randomly selected stomach weighs more than 1118g. (Report the probabilities using at least four decimal places. ) - Probability 64174
The banker deals, on average, with five clients a day. Find the probability that the number of clients (in one day) will be greater than 4. - 68-95-99.7 rule
Assume the resting pulse rates for a sample of individuals are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 15. Use the 68-95-99.7 rule to find the following quantities. a. Percentage of pulse rates less than 70 b. percentage of puls - Confidence 61774
What is the smallest number of men we would have to choose to estimate the mean height of men with an accuracy of +, - 0.5cm, and 95% confidence, assuming a standard deviation of 8cm? - Population variance
In a California community college, 60% of students will transfer to a college in the CSU system. The number of students in a sample who will transfer follows a binomial distribution. If eight students are randomly selected, find the population variance σ²
- Sample Proportion
In a California community college, 60% of students will transfer to a college in the CSU system. The number of students in a sample who will transfer follows a binomial distribution. Four hundred students are randomly selected from the college, and 224 of - Germination 55283
The supplier of spruce seeds for our nursery declares a germination rate of 80% for his goods. Verify this statement based on an experiment in which only 70 seeds germinated out of 100 randomly selected seeds. - Suppose 4
Suppose that 14% of all steel shafts produced by a certain process are nonconforming but can be reworked (rather than having to be scrapped). Consider a random sample of 200 shafts, and let X denote the number among these that are nonconforming and can be - Rich retirement
Health care issues are receiving much attention in both academic and political arenas. A sociologist recently surveyed citizens over 60 years of age whose net worth is too high to qualify for government health care but who have no private health insurance - Publishing company
Suppose you work for a publishing company, and before launching a new magazine targeting fashion-oriented consumers, your boss wants to hold a meeting with prospective advertisers. Assume that annual expenditures on magazine ads in this genre are normally
- Unemployment rate
Over the last 16 years, the country's unemployment rate has changed according to the following frequency table: years of unemployment: 2 5 2 3 3 1 unemployment rate: 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 in % (percent). Determine the two-sided confidence interval for the var - Three sigma rule
The height of trees in a given stand is known to be a quantity with a normal probability distribution with a mean value of 15 m and a variance of 5 m². Determine the interval in which there will be tree heights in such a stand with a probability of 90% - A machine
A machine produces steel rods of normally distributed length, the mean length and the standard deviation being 50.0 cm and 0.5 cm, respectively. The rods do not conform to safety standards if they are either shorter than 49.1 cm or longer than 50.7 cm in - Probability 47373
We were tasked with throwing the dice until we hit the "six." a) Find the average number of throws we will have to make to complete the task. b) How many times do we have to roll the dice so that the probability of falling at least one "six" is at least 9 - Seeds
From a box of spruce seeds with a germination of 80%, we randomly selected ten seeds and planted them. Find the median of the random variable: the number of germinating seeds.
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