Math227 Homework (Probability Practices) Name___________________________________Provide an appropriate response.1) Use the spinner below to answer the question. Assume that it is equally probable that the pointer will land onany one of the five numbered spaces. If the pointer lands on a borderline, spin again.Find the probability that the arrow will land on an odd number.2) A die is rolled. The set of equally likely outcomes is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Find the probability of getting a 2.3) A die is rolled. The set of equally likely outcomes is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Find the probability of getting a 7.4) The events A and B are mutually exclusive. If P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.2, what is P(A or B)?5) A fair coin is tossed two times in succession. The set of equally likely outcomes is HH, HT, TH, TT. Find theprobability of getting the same outcome on each toss.6) The table lists the drinking habits of a group of college students. If a student is chosen at random, find theprobability of getting someone who is a regular or heavy drinker. Round your answer to three decimal places.Sex Non-drinker Regular Drinker Heavy Drinker TotalMan 135 39 5 179Woman 187 21 13 221Total 322 60 18 40017) The distribution of Bachelor’s degrees conferred by a university is listed in the table. Assume that a studentmajors in only one subject. What is the probability that a randomly selected student with a Bachelor’s degreemajored in Business, Chemistry or Engineering? Round your answer to three decimal places.Major FrequencyPhysics 216Philosophy 207Engineering 82Business 180Chemistry 2268) The below table shows the probabilities generated by rolling one die 50 times and noting the up face. What isthe probability of getting an odd up face?Roll 1 2 3 4 5 6Probability 0.22 0.10 0.18 0.12 0.18 0.209) Given that P(A or B) = 13, P(A) = 16 , and P(A and B) = 1 8 , find P(B).10) The table lists the drinking habits of a group of college students. If a student is chosen at random, find theprobability of getting someone who is a woman or a heavy drinker. Round your answer to three decimal places.Sex Non-drinker Regular Drinker Heavy Drinker TotalMan 135 55 5 195Woman 187 21 15 223Total 322 76 20 41811) You roll two dice and total the up faces. What is the probability of getting a total of 8 or two up faces that arethe same?12) Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of having both faces the same (doubles) or a total of 4 or 10? Roundto the nearest hundredth.13) You are dealt one card from a 52-card deck. Find the probability that you are not dealt a spade.214) A human gene carries a certain disease from the mother to the child with a probability rate of 42%. That is, thereis a 42% chance that the child becomes infected with the disease. Suppose a female carrier of the gene has threechildren. Assume that the infections of the three children are independent of one another. Find the probabilitythat at least one of the children get the disease from their mother.15) Find the probability that of 25 randomly selected students, no two share the same birthday.16) You toss a fair coin 5 times. What is the probability of at least one head?Provide an appropriate response. Express your answer as a simplified fraction unless otherwise noted.17) Consider a political discussion group consisting of 5 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and 7 Independents. Supposethat two group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a political convention. Find theprobability of selecting an Independent and then a Republican.Provide an appropriate response.18) A group consists of 6 men and 5 women. Four people are selected to attend a conference. In how many wayscan 4 people be selected from this group of 11? In how many ways can 4 men be selected from the 6 men? Findthe probability that the selected group will consist of all men.Provide an appropriate response. Express your answer as a simplified fraction unless otherwise noted.19) The managers of a corporation were surveyed to determine the background that leads to a successful manager.Each manager was rated as being either a good, fair, or poor manager by his/her boss. The manager’seducational background was also noted. The data appear below. Given that a manager is only a fair manager,what is the probability that this manager has a college degree?Educational BackgroundManagerRating H. S. Degree Some College College Degree Master’s or Ph.D. TotalsGood 2 3 25 9 39Fair 4 14 47 22 87Poor 5 8 7 14 34Totals 11 25 79 45 160Provide an appropriate response.20) You are taking a multiple-choice test that has 11 questions. Each of the questions has 4 choices, with one correctchoice per question. If you select one of these options per question and leave nothing blank, in how many wayscan you answer the questions?321) How many different four-letter secret codes can be formed if the first letter must be an S or a T?22) There are 9 performers who are to present their acts at a variety show. One of them insists on being the first actof the evening. If this request is granted, how many different ways are there to schedule the appearances?23) A church has 8 bells in its bell tower. Before each church service 3 bells are rung in sequence. No bell is rungmore than once. How many sequences are there?24) In a contest in which 10 contestants are entered, in how many ways can the 3 distinct prizes be awarded?25) How many ways can five people, A, B, C, D, and E, sit in a row at a concert hall if C must sit to the right of butnot necessarily next to B?26) From 10 names on a ballot, a committee of 4 will be elected to attend a political national convention. How manydifferent committees are possible?27) How many distinct arrangements of the letters in the word Mississippi are possible?28) A man has 12 coins that consist of 3 pennies, 4 nickels, and 5 quarters. How many distinct arrangements of thecoins can he make if he lays them in a row one at a time?29) A physics exam consists of 9 multiple-choice questions and 6 open-ended problems in which all work must beshown. If an examinee must answer 7 of the multiple-choice questions and 3 of the open-ended problems, inhow many ways can the questions and problems be chosen?30) A tourist in Ireland wants to visit seven different cities. If the route is randomly selected, what is the probabilitythat the tourist will visit the cities in alphabetical order? Round your answer to three decimal places.431) In the California State lottery, you must select six numbers from fifty-two numbers to win the big prize. Thenumbers do not have to be in a particular order. What is the probability that you will win the big prize if youbuy one ticket?32) A multiple-choice test has five questions, each with five choices for the answer. Only one of the choices iscorrect. You randomly guess the answer to each question. What is the probability that you do not answer any ofthe questions correctly?33) A group of students were asked if they carry a credit card. The responses are listed in the table.ClassCredit CardCarrierNot a Credit CardCarrier TotalFreshman 24 36 60Sophomore 37 3 40Total 61 39 100If a student is selected at random, find the probability that he or she owns a credit card given that the student isa freshman. Round your answer to three decimal places.34) The access code to a house’s security system consists of seven digits. How many different codes are available ifeach digit can be repeated?35) The distribution of Master’s degrees conferred by a university is listed in the table.(assume that a student majors in only one subject)Major FrequencyMathematics 230English 206Engineering 86Business 176Education 222What is the probability that a randomly selected student with a Master’s degree majored in English orMathematics? Round your answer to three decimal places.5
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