Probability - practice problems - page 9 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: 464
- Pass a test
The student has to pass a test that contains ten questions. For each of them, he chooses one of 5 answers, with just one being correct. The student did not prepare for the test, so he randomly chose the answers. What are the probabilities that the student - Nursing school
The following table shows 1000 nursing school applicants classified according to scores made on a college entrance examination and the quality of the high school from which they graduated, as rated by a group of educators: Quality of High Schools Score; - Three robots
In a workshop, three robots, Q, R, and S, are employed to make chairs Robot Q makes 25% of the chairs Robot R makes 45% of the chairs The remaining chairs are made by Robot S Evidence has shown that 2 percent of the chairs made by robot Q are - School student
The probability that a school student has a skateboard is 0.34, the probability that he has a bicycle is 0.81, and the probability that he has a skateboard and a bicycle is 0.22. What is the probability that a randomly selected student has a skateboard or
- 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 - Error rate
The exam has six questions. Students have an error rate of 20% and can have a maximum of 1 question wrong. What is the probability that they will succeed? - 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
- The vaccination
The vaccination coverage of the population is 80%. Unvaccinated make up 60% of all infected. What percentage are unvaccinated and more likely to be infected? Consider N = 10,000 inhabitants and K = 1,000 infected. b. How many times more likely are unvacci - Mortality tables
Mortality tables enable actuaries to obtain the probability that a person will live a specified number of years at any age. Insurance companies and others use such probabilities to determine life insurance premiums, retirement pensions, and annuity paymen - An aircraft
An aircraft manufacturing company has submitted bids on two separate airline contracts, A and B. The company feels it has a 70% chance of winning contract A and a 25% chance of winning contract B. Furthermore, it believes that winning contract A is indepe - Binomial probability
What is the binominal probability that at least 4 of the six trials (n=6) are succeeded where φ = 0.50? - Probability 53061
One hundred people work in the office. Each of them spends an average of 25 minutes daily on the phone. A working day has 8 hours. What is the probability that ten workers will be on the phone simultaneously in one day?
- Dice 7
A standard number cube is tossed 210 times. What is a reasonable prediction for the number of times the number cube will land on a 5? - What fraction
What fraction of numbers 1 to 30 is prime? - And-or probabilities
P(A ) = 0.53, P(B) = 0.15, and P(A n B ) = 0.18. Find P(A U B ). Round approximations to two decimal places. - Draw a triangle
We have line segments with lengths of 3cm, 5cm, 6cm, 7cm, and 9cm. What is the probability in % that if I randomly select three of them, I will be able to draw a triangle? - The spinner
The spinner below is spun 12 times. It landed on I 4 times, II 7 times, and III 1 time. What is the difference between the experimental and theoretical probabilities of landing on the II?
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