Probability - math word problems - page 11 of 24
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- In PE
In PE, students play a game where they do different exercises depending on the color of the marble that Coach Forbes draws. Coach Forbes has a jar with 6 red marbles, 12 blue marbles, 16 purple marbles, 2 green marbles, and four yellow marbles. What is th
- 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%
- Three subjects
In a class of 40 students, 18 passed mathematics, 19 passed accounting, 16 passed economics, five mathematics and accounting only, six mathematics only, nine accounting only, and two accounting and economics only. Each student was offered at least one of
- 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
- A married
A married couple planned to have three children. i. List the possible combinations of the sexes of 3 children. Use B for a boy and G for a girl. ii. Calculate the probability that all three children would be of the same gender
- A box
A box contains 6 red, 5 blue, and 4 white balls. Find the probability of drawing a) a red ball and b) a non-white ball.
- Disappointed 47411
Five competitors took part in the race. Jaro was disappointed that he didn't win. Before announcing second place, he calculated the probability of finishing second. What number did he get if he counted correctly?
- 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
- Two dice
What is the probability that when the roll of two identical dice is the sum of points 7?
- The dice
Find the probability that a number divisible by two or three will fall when the dice are rolled.
- A bag
A bag contains nine blue marbles and one green marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble?
- Double six-six
What is the probability that a player in the games of ludo will throw a double six twice?
- We roll
We roll two dice A. - what is the probability that the sum of the falling numbers is at most 4 B. - is at least 10 C. - is divisible by 5?
- Twenty
Twenty swallows sit on a 10 m long telephone cable. Assume that swallows are completely randomly distributed along the line. (a) What is the probability that more than three swallows sit on a randomly selected section of cable 1 m long? (b) What is the pr
- Seeds
We randomly selected ten seeds from a box of spruce seeds with an 80% germination rate and planted them. Find the median of the random variable, the number of germinating seeds.
- Created trio
What is the probability that in the created trio, which consists of 19 boys and 12 girls, they will be: a) the boys themselves b) the girls themselves c) 2 boys and one girl?
- Probability 43581
What is the probability that the sum of 12 will fall on a roll of two dice? A. 1/6 B. 1/36 C. 1/18 D. 36
- Crimson Lynx
Captain Emily has a ship, the H. M. S Crimson Lynx. The ship is five furlongs from the dread pirate Umaima and her merciless band of thieves. If her ship hasn't already been hit, Captain Emily has a probability of 3/5 of hitting the pirate ship. If her sh
- Alcohol risk
The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that about 5 out of 12 high school students drank some alcohol in the 30 days preceding the survey. If a high school has 2400 students, how many would be expected to have used alcohol within 30 days?
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