BINOMIAL PROBABILITY

1. A bag contains 100 balls, of which 20 are green, 30 are black, and 50 are red.

a) If 3 balls are randomly chosen with replacement, what’s the probability that only one of
them is red?
b) If 5 balls are chosen with replacement, what’s the probability that two of them are green?
c) If 10 balls are chosen with replacement, what’s the probability that at least 9 of them are
red?
d) If 10 balls are chosen with replacement, what’s the probability that less than 3 of them are
red? Calculate the probability that at most 3 out of 10 are red.

2. The probability that a randomly chosen American is a Republican is 0.35. What is the probability that
in a sample of 10 Americans at least 1 will be a Republican?
e) (A) 0.9865
f) (B) 0.2275
g) (C) 0.0725
h) (D) 0.0135
i) (E) 0.0072
3. 15% of the public responded to a telephone call-in poll. In a random sample of 5 people, what is the
probability that exactly two have responded to a call-in poll?
A. 0.138 B. 0.165 C. 0.3 D. 0.835 E. 0.973
4. An inspection procedure at a manufacturing plant involves picking three items at random and then
accepting the whole lot if at least two of the three items are in perfect condition. If in reality 90% of
the whole lot are perfect, what is the probability that the lot will be accepted?
0.6 B) 0.667 C) 0.729 D) 0.810 E) 0.972

5. Suppose that 30% of the employees in a large factory are smokers. What is the probability
that there will be exactly two smokers in a randomly chosen five-person work group?
a) Find the probability that 3 out of 10 randomly chosen employees are smokers
6. If the probability that a male birth will occur is 0.51, what is the probability that a five-child
family will have all boys? Find P (5/2), P(5/0), P(5/>3), P(5/<2).
7. According to a CBS/New York Times poll taken in 1992, 15% of the public have responded
to a telephone call-in poll. In a random group of 5 people, what is the probability that
exactly two have responded to a call-in pall?
8. A grocery store notes that 35% of customers who buy a particular product make use of a
store coupon to receive a discount. If seven people purchase the product, what is the
probability that fewer than four will use a coupon?
9. An inspection procedure at a manufacturing plant involves picking three items at random
and then accepting the whole lot if at least two of the three items are in perfect condition.
If in reality 90% of the whole lot are perfect, what is the probability that the lot will be
accepted?
10. a) If four cards are drawn with replacement from a 52-card deck, what is the probability
that exactly one of them is an ace?
b) If 10 cards are drawn without replacement from a 52-card deck, what is the probability
that 5 of them are spades?
c) A bag contains 20 balls, of which 10 are green. If 4 balls are drawn without replacement,
what is the probability that i) exactly two are green? ii) less than two are green? iii) at least
three are green?
d) A computer company has 400 employees, of whom 300 are software engineers. If the
manager chooses 5 employees at random (without replacement), what’s the probability
that 2 of them are software engineers?
c) A company employs 500 people, of whom 20% are immigrants. In a sample of 20
employees, what’s the probability that 10 are immigrants?
d) If 70% of Americans vote for Republicans, what’s the probability that a sample of 100
randomly chosen Americans would have exactly 80 Republicans?
e) 75% of teenagers are involved in sports. Find the probability that in a random sample of
10 teenagers more than 8 are involved in sports?