Probability - math word problems - page 18 of 24
Probability is the measure of the likeliness that an event will occur. The probability (chance) is a value from the interval <0;1> or in percentage (0% to 100%) expressing the occurrence of some event. 0 is an impossible event, and 1 (100%) means the certainty event.Number of problems found: 466
- Participated 7448
In the survey, 2/3 of those who correctly answered the question were women. 4/5 of all respondents answered the question correctly. How many women answered correctly if a total of 900 respondents participated in the survey? What proportion of all responde - Probability 7432
In the department store, they have 100 televisions, of which 85 are of first quality, and 15 are of second quality. The first ten buyers received a premium TV. What is the probability that the eleventh is sold a second-rate TV? - People 7331
How many people must be in a group for at least two of them to be born in the same month? - Left handed
It is known that 25% of the population is left-handed. What is the probability that there is a maximum of three left-handers at a seminar with 30 participants?
- Probability 7154
82% of football players, and 26% are hockey players at school. What is the probability that: A) I'm not a hockey player B) I know both sports C) I know one sport - Component fail
There is a 90 percent chance that a particular type of component will perform adequately under high-temperature conditions. If the device involved has four such components, determine the probability that the device is inoperable because precisely one of t - Prime number
Jan wrote any number from 1 to 20. What is the probability that he wrote the prime number? - Boys and girls
There are eight boys and nine girls in the class. There were six children on the trip from this class. What is the probability that: a) only boys went on the field trip b) just 2 boys went on the field trip - A book
A book contains 524 pages. If it is known that a person will select any page between the pages numbered 125 and 384, find the probability of choosing the page numbered 252 or 253.
- Peaches
There are 20 peaches in the pocket. Three peaches are rotten. What is the probability that one of the randomly picked two peaches will be just one rotten? - Probability 6761
Jano created 2-digit numbers from the card 2 4 5 9 2. What probability will a randomly generated number be odd? - The big clock
The big clock hands stopped at a random moment. What is the probability that: a) a small hand showed the time between 1:00 and 3:00. b) the big hand was in the same area as a small hand in the role of a)? c) did the hours just show the time between 21:00 - Utopia Island
The probability of disease A on the island of Utopia is 40%. The probability of occurrence among the men of this island, which make up 60% of all the population (the rest are women), is 50%. What is the probability of occurrence of A disease among women o - Three students
Three students independently try to solve the problem. The first student will solve a similar problem with a probability of 0.6, the second student will solve at a probability of 0.55, and the third will solve at a probability of 0.04. The problem is reso
- Probability 6559
In the first container, we have 3 white and 6 black balls. In the second container, we have 2 white and 6 black balls. We randomly transfer 1 ball from the first container to the second container. What is the probability that I then pick 2 white marbles f - Dice
We threw ten times playing dice. What is the probability that the six will fall exactly four times? - Probability 6549
There are 8 balls in the box, and 3 of them are new. For the first game, 2 balls are randomly selected from the box and returned after the game! For the second game, 2 balls are again chosen at random. What is the probability that both have already been u - Grade point average
The average GPA is 2.78, with a standard deviation of 0.45. If GPA is normally distributed, what percentage of the students have the following GPAs? Solve for the z-score and report the appropriate percentage: a. Less than 2.30 b. Less than 2.00 c. More t - Distribution 6399
For the statistical file: 2.3; 3.4; 1.8; 3.2; 3.2; 1.9; 3.3; 4.5; 4.3; 5.0; 4.8; 4.3; 4.3; 1.9 Determine the sample variance and the median, and from the empirical distribution function, determine P (2.1
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