Exam 3: Probability

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In a class of 30 students, 18 are men, 6 are earning a B, and no men are earning a B. If a student is randomly selected from the class, find the probability that the student is a man given that the Student earning a B.

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Three fair coins are tossed and either heads or tails is observed for each coin. Events A and B are defined as follows. A: {Three heads are observed}. B: {Exactly two heads are observed}.  Is P(A∪B) equal to the sum of P(A) and P(B) ? Explain. \text { Is } P ( A \cup B ) \text { equal to the sum of } P ( A ) \text { and } P ( B ) \text { ? Explain. }

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A pair of fair dice is tossed. Events A and B are defined as follows. A: {The sum of the dice is 7} B: {At least one of the numbers is 3} Find P(A∣B)P ( A|B ) and P(B∣A)P ( B \mid A )

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Find the numerical value. -Find the numerical value of P46P _ { 4 } ^ { 6 } .

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The table shows the number of each car sold in the United States in June. Suppose the sales record for one of these cars is randomly selected and the type of car is identified. The table shows the number of each car sold in the United States in June. Suppose the sales record for one of these cars is randomly selected and the type of car is identified.   a. List the sample points for this experiment. b. Find the probability of each sample point. c. What is the probability that the car was a Van or an SUV? a. List the sample points for this experiment. b. Find the probability of each sample point. c. What is the probability that the car was a Van or an SUV?

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The table displays the probabilities for each of the six outcomes when rolling a particular unfair die. Find the probability that the number rolled on a single roll of this die is less than 4. Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6 Probability .1 .1 .1 .2 .2 .3

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In a class of 40 students, 22 are women, 10 are earning an A, and 7 are women that are earning an A. If a student is randomly selected from the class, find the probability that the student is earning An A given that the student is a woman.

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Which of the following assignments of probabilities to the sample points A, B, and C is valid if A, B, and C are the only sample points in the experiment?

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Each manager of a corporation was rated as being either a good, fair, or poor manager by his/her boss. The managerʹs educational background was also noted. The data appear below: Each manager of a corporation was rated as being either a good, fair, or poor manager by his/her boss. The managerʹs educational background was also noted. The data appear below:    What is the probability that a randomly chosen manager is either a good managers or has an advanced degree? What is the probability that a randomly chosen manager is either a good managers or has an advanced degree?

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Probabilities of different types of vehicle-to-vehicle accidents are shown below: Accident Probability Car to Car 0.58 Car to Truck 0.12 Truck to Truck 0.30 Find the probability that an accident involves a car.

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 Compute (106)\text { Compute } \left( \begin{array} { c } 10 \\6\end{array} \right)

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A number between 1 and 10, inclusive, is randomly chosen. Events A and B are defined as follows. A: : {The number is even} B: :{The number is less than7} Find P(A∣B)P ( A \mid B ) and P(B∣A)P ( B \mid A ) .

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In an exit poll, 45% of voters said that the main issue affecting their choices of candidates was the economy, 35% said national security, and the remaining 20% were not sure. Suppose we select one of the voters who participated in the exit poll at random and ask for the main issue affecting his or her choices of candidates. a. List the sample points for this experiment. b. Assign reasonable probabilities to the sample points. c. Find the probability that the main issue affecting his or her choices was either the economy or national security.

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Suppose that B1B _ { 1 } and B2B _ { 2 } are mutually exclusive and complementary events, such that P(B1)=.6P \left( B _ { 1 } \right) = .6 and P(B2)=.4P \left( B _ { 2 } \right) = .4 . Consider another event AA such that P(A∣B1)=.2P \left( A \mid B _ { 1 } \right) = .2 and P(A∣B2)=.5P \left( A \mid B _ { 2 } \right) = .5 . Find P(A)P ( A ) .

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An exit poll during a recent election revealed that 55% of those voting were women and that 65% of the women voting favored Democratic candidates. What is the probability that a randomly chosen participant of the exit poll would be a woman who favored Democratic candidates?

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In a class of 40 students, 22 are women, 10 are earning an A, and 7 are women that are earning an A. If a student is randomly selected from the class, find the probability that the student is a woman Or earning an A.

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Suppose that 62% of the employees at a company are male and that 35% of the employees just received merit raises. If 20% of the employees are male and received a merit raise, what is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is male given that the employee received a merit raise?

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Find the numerical value. -A manager of a road construction company must send one engineer to each of three different job sites to meet with government inspectors. There are 8 engineers available. How many different Ways can the manager send one engineer to each of the job sites? (Assume that sending a particular Engineer to job site 1 is different than sending the same engineer to either job site 2 or 3.)

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A popular restaurant occasionally offers a three-course meal for a fixed price. The customer chooses one appetizer, one entree, and one dessert from a special menu. There are four choices for the appetizer, five choices for the entree, and three choices for the dessert. How many different ways can a customer choose the three courses?

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Two chips are drawn at random and without replacement from a bag containing four blue chips and three red chips. Find the probability of drawing two red chips.

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