Probability - practice problems - page 7 of 26
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- Conditional probability
Suppose a batch contains ten items, of which four are defective. Two items are drawn at random from the batch, one after the other, without replacement. What is the probability that: I) Both are defective? Ii) Is the second item defective? - A fair coin
A fair coin is tossed twice. Write down the set of possible outcomes. What is the probability of obtaining it? I. Exactly one head ii. No head - Probability 86
At a business conference, there were ten social workers, 16 doctors, five lawyers, and two journalists. If a person is picked at random from the entire group, what is the probability: a) to be a lawyer b) to be a doctor. - Overbooking flight
A small regional carrier accepted 12 reservations for a particular flight with 11 seats. Seven reservations went to regular customers who would arrive for the flight. Each remaining passenger will arrive for the flight with a 49% chance, independently of - A bag 4
A bag contains 18 balls that differ only in color, 11 are blue, and seven are red. If two balls are picked, one after the other without replacement, find the probability that both are (i) Blue (ii) Of the same color (iii) Of different colors - Box of donuts
Elizabeth brought a box of donuts to share. There are two dozen (24) donuts in the box, all identical in size, shape, and color. Six are jelly-filled, ten are lemon-filled, and eight are custard-filled. You randomly select one donut, eat it, and s - Z-score test
The fish weights in a certain lake are normally distributed with a mean of 11 lb and a standard deviation of 6. If four fish are randomly selected, what is the probability that the mean weight will be between 8.6 and 14.6 lb? Your answer should be a decim - Three 192 Three separate containers each have one purple marble and two blue marbles. One marble is chosen from each box. Find the probability of selecting a blue marble from each box.
- A six-sided
A six-sided die is rolled once. What is the probability that the number rolled is an even number greater than two? - The following
The following data represents the number of cases of coffee or filters sold by four sales reps in a recent sales competition. Sales Person; Gourmet; Single Cup; Filters; Total Connor; 142; 325; 30; 497 Paige ; 42; 125; 40; 207 Bryce ; 9; 100; 10; 119 Mall - Prisoners
It is estimated that 10% of all federal prisoners have a positive self-image, 40% have a neutral self-image, and the rest have a negative self-image. The estimated probability of rehabilitating a prisoner with a negative self-image is 0.1. With a neutral - Random variable distribution The distribution of the random variable X is given in the following table. Calculate P[X is odd], E[X] and P[1<X≤6] Probability distribution table: xi; 1; 2; 3 ; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9 pi; 0.30; 0.12; 0.18; 0.10; 0.07; 0.07; 0.06; 0.05; 0.05
- Probability - dice
I roll six six-sided dice; what is the probability that exactly three threes will fall? - Dice conditional probability
I roll a 7-wall dice. What is the conditional probability that three fell if an odd number fell? - Dice unit probability
We roll two dice. One is 6-walled, and the other is 8-walled. What is the probability that at least one unit will fall? - How many 23 How many times should a dice be rolled to obtain a most likely number of 2 points on it to be equal to 32?
- Suppose 6
Suppose the life span of a revolutionary light bulb is normally distributed with a mean life span of 70 thousand hours and a standard deviation of 3 thousand hours. If a light bulb is chosen at random: a) what is the probability the life span will be with - Competition in the class
There are 10 students in the class, of which 8 are girls and two are boys. We want to select three for the competition. What is the probability that they will be: a) 2 girls and 1 boy b) 1 girl and 2 boys c) 3 girls d) 3 boys e) at least 2 girls - 20 balls 20 colored balls in a bag: Four red Seven green Nine yellow What is the probability of picking a yellow ball?
- Probability - dices We roll six dice. What is the probability that: a) a six falls twice b) six falls four times
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