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A company has made available to its employees (with minimal
Math 321: Probability & Statistics
Seatwork Exercises
1. a) How many ways can five people line up to get on a bus?
b) If a certain two persons refuse to follow each other?
2. In how many different ways can an eight-question true or false
examination be answered?
3. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of
the word STATISTICS?
4. From a group of five men and three women, how many
committees of three people are possible
a. With no restrictions
b. With two men and one woman
c. With one man and two women if a certain woman must be on
the committee
5. A pair of dice is thrown. If it is known that one die shows a 4, what
is the probability that:
a. The other die shows a 5?
b. The total of both dice is greater than 7?
6. The probability that a married man watches a certain TV show is
0.4, and the probability that a married woman watches the show
is 0.5. The probability that a man watches the show, given that
his wife does is 0.7. Find the probability that
a. A married couple watches the show
b. A wife watches the show given that her husband does
c. At least one person of a married couple watches the show
7. A basketball player is known to sink 80% of his shots. What is the
probability that he makes exactly three of his next four shots?
fee) extensive health club facilities that may be used before work,
during lunch hour, after work, and on weekends. Records for the
last year indicate that of 250 employees, 110 used the facilities at
some time. Of 170 males employed by the company, 65 used
the facilities.
a. Set up a 2X2 table to evaluate the probabilities of using the
facilities
b. Give an example of a simple event
c. Give an example of a joint event
d. What is the complement of used the health facilities?
What is the probability that an employee chosen at random:
e. Is a male
f. Has used the health club facilities
g. Is a female and has used the health club facilities
h. Is a female and has not used the health club facilities
i. Is a female or has used the health club facilities
j. Is a male or has not used the health club facilities
k. Has used the health club facilities or has not used the health
club facilities
9. The probability that a trained lookout detects a submarine at night
is 0.8. If two such lookouts are deployed one night, what is the
probability that a submarine is sighted, if indeed there was one?
10. A lady tourist mixes 3 ecstasy pills in a bottle of 9 vitamin pills of
the same appearance (i.e., size, shape, color and texture) in the
hope of smuggling them into the country. An agent takes 3
sample pills at random for examination. Find the probability that
the tourist is nabbed.
11. Telephone calls arrive at a switchboard at the rate of 30 per hour.
Find the probability that within a 3-minute interval:
a. No calls arrive
b. At most 2 arrive
c. Three or more calls arrive?
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