STATISTICAL EXERCISES

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DO THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND FIND THE SOLUTION TO THE QUESTIONS.

1. OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY “X” THEIR HEIGHTS WERE MEASURED,

IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN COUNTING, IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE
METER BE ELIMINATED AND THAT IT BE TAKEN FROM THEIR CENTIMETERS, WHICH
HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING DATA.

52 53 56 56 57 58 59 60
60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62
62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63
64 64 64 64 64 64 65 66
66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
FROM THIS, YOU ARE ASKED TO FIND, MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN, STANDART
DEVIATION, VARIANCE.
2. ORTEZ EXPORTS BASED IN BRAZIL, SHIPPING FROZEN MEAT PRODUCTS TO CUSTOMERS
IN NORTH AMERICA (N), EUROPE (E) AND ASIA (A). THE PACKAGES
PROTECTORS ARE EITHER DELUXE (D) OR STANDARD (S), THE FOLLOWING PROBABILITY
TABLE SHOWS THE RELATIVE FREQUENCIES OF MANY OF THE MOST RECENT
SHIPMENTS.

EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA TOTAL

DELUXE .083 .167 .167 .417
STANDARD .167 .167 .250 .584
TOTAL .250 .334 .417 1

TO FINISH DECISION MAKING ON SEVERAL PENDING BUSINESSES, MR. ORTEZ DETERMINES THE
PROBABILITY OF SHIPMENTS TO THREE DESTINATIONS WITH EITHER OF THE TWO PACKAGING
OPTIONS. CALCULATE P (S│A); P (DΠE); P (SΠN); P(S│N); P (NΠD).

3. ONLY 60% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE STATISTICS CLASS PASSED THE FIRST TEST, OF
THOSE WHO PASSED, 80% STUDY, 20% OF THOSE WHO DID NOT PASS DID STUDY.
SHOULD YOU STUDY FOR THIS PROFESSOR'S TESTS?
4. RANDY RUSTY OWNER OF RUSTY CARS. INC. IT OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS CARS WITH 8
COLOR OPTIONS, 4 INTERIOR PACKAGES AND 3 DIFFERENT MOONROOF DESIGNS.
HOW MANY CARS CAN RANDY'S CUSTOMERS CHOOSE FROM?
5. KELLY KATZ SELLS MOBILE PHONES OFFERING 5 STYLES, 4 COLORS AND 7 SERVICE
OPTIONS HOW MANY DIFFERENT PHONES CAN MR. KATZ TO ITS CLIENTS?
6. THE PRESIDENT MUST SELECT 5 MEMBERS FROM A LIST OF 12 SENATORS OF WHICH 7
SUPPORT HIM AND 5 OPPOSITION HIM, IF SELECTED AT RANDOM, HOW MANY
POSSIBLE RESULTS DOES THIS LIST GIVE?

7. IDENTIFY THE PROBABILITY THAT A COMPUTER NETWORK WILL BE OUT OF OPERATION

DURING THE INDICATED NUMBER OF PERIODS PER WEEK, CALCULATE THE EXPECTED
VALUE, THE VARIANCE AND THE STANDARD DEVIATION.
NUMBER OF PERIODS (X) 4 5 6 7 8 9
PROBABILITY P(X) .01 .08 .29 .42 .14 .06

8. A MAIL ORDER COMPANY HAS A CIRCULAR THAT PRODUCES A 10% RESPONSE RATE,
SUPPOSING 20 OF THESE CIRCULARS ARE SENT AS A TEST MARKET TO A NEW
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, ESTIMATE THAT LESS THAN 20% RESPONSE.
9. AN AVERAGE ONE SHIP ARRIVES AT A CERTAIN DOCK ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO DAY,
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT TWO OR MORE SHIPS WILL ARRIVE AT THAT POINT
ON A RANDOMLY SELECTED DAY?
10. THE SCORES REPORTED ON A NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES HAVE A MEAN OF 500 WITH THE STANDARD DEVIATION OF 100, THE
DISTRIBUTION OF SCORES IS NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED. WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY
THAT THE GRADE OF A RANDOMLY CHOSEN INDIVIDUAL IS FIND BETWEEN 500 AND
650; BETWEEN 450 AND 600, IS LESS THAN 300, EXCEEDS 600, IS BETWEEN 600 AND
700?
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2 1. A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL “X” WERE WEIGHED, ACCORDING TO
THEIR HEIGHTS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING DATA.

52 53 56 56 57 58 59 60
60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62
62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63
64 64 64 64 64 64 65 66
66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
FROM THIS IT IS ASKED TO FIND, MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN, STANDART DEVIATION,
VARIANCE.
2. 200 PEOPLE VISITING A CLOTHING STORE.

GENDER
AGE MALE FEMALE TOTAL
UNDER 30 60 50 110
OVER 30 80 10 90
TOTAL 140 60 200
FIND THE PROBABILITY THAT A RANDOMLY SELECTED PERSON IS UNDER 30 YEARS OLD
KNOWING THAT HE IS MALE. THAT IT IS OVER 30 FEMALE, THAT IT IS FEMALE, THAT IT
IS MALE, THAT IT IS UNDER 30.
3. SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE TWO URNS, URN ONE CONTAINS EIGHT RED BALLS AND TWO
GREEN BALLS, WHILE URN TWO CONTAINS FOUR RED BALLS AND SIX GREEN BALLS, WE
SUPPOSE THAT WE DRAW ONE GREEN BALL, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT IT HAS
COME OUT OF THE URN ONE?
4. THREE MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEER TO SERVE AS LEADERS THE
FOLLOWING YEAR, IN THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND SECRETARY.
WHAT WILL BE THE NUMBER AT WHICH THE THREE CAN ASSUME THE POSITIONS?
5. FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, LET'S SUPPOSE THAT THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IS
COMPOSED OF 10 MEMBERS AND THAT NO NOMINATION HAS YET BEEN SUBMITTED
FOR THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND SECRETARY, WHAT WILL BE THE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS OF THE THREE LEADERS ELECTED FROM AMONG
THE 10 MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISM?
6. SUPPOSE THAT THREE MEMBERS ARE ELECTED FROM A SMALL CIVIL ORGANIZATION
WITH A TOTAL OF MEMBERS FOR A COMMITTEE TO BE INCLUDED, WHAT WILL BE THE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF THREE PEOPLE THAT CAN BE ELECTED?
7. THE NUMBER OF CARS REQUESTED FOR RENT FROM A CAR RENTAL AGENCY LOOK AT
THE FOLLOWING VALUES, CALCULATE THE EXPECTED VALUE, THE VARIANCE AND THE
STANDARD DEVIATION.

POSSIBLE DEMAND (X) 3 4 5 6 7 8

PROBABILITY P(X) .06 .14 .24 .28 .20 .08
8. DURING ONE PARTICULAR YEAR, 70% OF THE ORDINARY SHARES LISTED ON THE NEW
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE RAISED THEIR MARKET VALUE IF YOU TAKE 10 ISSUES, WHAT
IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THEY ALL HAVE RISED IN VALUE?
9. EACH 500-FOOT ROLL OF STEEL INCLUDES TWO FAILURES. WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY
THAT A PARTICULAR 100-FOOT SEGMENT INCLUDES NO FAILURES?
10. THE USEFUL LIFE OF A CERTAIN BRAND OF HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES HAS BEEN
DETERMINED TO FOLLOW A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION WITH 38,000 MILES AND A
STANDARD DEVIATION OF 3,000 MILES. WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT A RANDOMLY
SELECTED TIRE HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF AT LEAST 35,000 MILES? DOES IT LAST MORE
THAN 45,000 MILES, IS IT LESS THAN 35,000 MILES, IS IT BETWEEN 41,000 AND 44,000
MILES, IS IT BETWEEN 35,000 AND 41,000 MILES?
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3 1. GIVEN THE FOLLOWING SCHEME, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ASKED HOW
MANY HOURS THEY WORKED PER WEEK, WHICH HAS PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING
DATA.

52 53 56 56 57 58 59 60
60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62
62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63
64 64 64 64 64 64 65 66
66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
OF THIS IS FIND, HALF, FASHION MEDIAN, , DEVIATION STANDARD,
VARIANCE.

2. VOTER REACTIONS TO A NEW PROPERTY TAX PLAN ACCORDING TO THEIR PARATIDIST

AFFILIATION.

NEUTRAL
FILIATION IN FAVOR REACTION AGAINST TOTAL
PARTISAN
DEMOCRAT 120 20 20 160
REPUBLICAN 50 30 60 140
INDEPENDENT 50 10 40 100
TOTAL 220 60 120 400
FIND THE MARGINAL PROBABILITY AGAINST, REPUBLICAN AGAINST, THE
MARGINAL PROBABILITY OF INDEPENDENT, THE PROBABILITY THAT THE VOTER IS
AGAINST THE PLAN WHEN HE IS AGAINST THE PLAN, THE PROBABILITY THAT THE VOTER IS A
REPUBLICAN WHEN HE IS AGAINST THE PLAN.

3. IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT NEXT YEAR, THE PROBABILITY THAT

STRUCTURAL STEEL WILL INCREASE IN PRICE IS .90, BUT IF THE INVESTMENT DOES NOT
INCREASE, THE PROBABILITY OF AN INCREASE IS .40, IN GENERAL WE ESTIMATE THAT
THERE IS A .60 PROBABILITY THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL
INVESTMENT?
4. A SALES REPRESENTATIVE MUST VISIT SIX CITIES DURING A TRIP, IF IN THE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA TO VISIT THERE ARE 10 CITIES, HOW MANY DIFFERENT
GROUPINGS OF SIX CITIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO BE VISITED BY THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE
ARE THERE?
5. FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, LET'S ASSUME THAT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT
THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE VISITED THERE ARE 10 CITIES AND ALSO THAT THE
SEQUENCE IN WHICH THE VISITS TO THE SIX CHOSEN CITIES WILL BE SCHEDULED
 IT IS OF IMPORTANCE HOW MANY DIFFERENT SEQUENCES OF SIX CITIES CHOSEN
FROM THE TOTAL OF 10 ARE THERE?
6. SUPPOSE THAT THE SIX CITIES TO VISIT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED, BUT THE VISIT
SEQUENCE OF THE SIX HAS NOT BEEN ASSIGNED. HOW MANY SEQUENCES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THE SIX ASSIGNED CITIES?
7. IF A BALANCED COIN IS RELEASED FIVE TIMES, WHICH CAN BE OBSERVED WITH
RESPECT TO THESE RELEASES, CALCULATE THE EXPECTED VALUE, VARIANCE AND
STANDARD DEVIATION.

NUMBER OF FACES (X) 0 1 2 3 4 5

PROBABILITY P(X) .0312 .1562 .3125 .3125 .1562 .0312

8. DURING A PARTICULAR YEAR, 70% OF THE ORDINARY SHARES LISTED ON THE NEW
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE RAISED THEIR MARKET VALUE. IF YOU TAKE 10 ISSUES, WHAT
IS THE PROBABILITY THAT AT LEAST EIGHT HAVE RISED IN VALUE?
9. AN INSURANCE COMPANY CONSIDERING ADDING COVERAGE OF MAJOR MEDICAL
EXPENSES FOR A RELATIVELY RARE CONDITION, THE PROBABILITY THAT A RANDOMLY
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL HAS THIS CONDITION IS .001 AND THE INSURED GROUP IS
COMPOSED OF 3000 INDIVIDUALS, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF THAT NONE OF THE
3000 PEOPLE PRESENT THE CONDITION?
10. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED BY INDIVIDUALS AT
A BANK WINDOW IS 130 SECONDS AND A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 45 SECONDS,
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT A RANDOMLY SELECTED INDIVIDUAL WILL REQUIRE
100 SECONDS, SPENDING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MINUTES , SPEND BETWEEN 3 AND 4
MINUTES, SPEND IN LESS THAN A MINUTE
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1. THEIR HEIGHTS WERE MEASURED FOR A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY “X”, TO NOT HAVE
PROBLEMS WHEN COUNTING, IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE METER BE ELIMINATED AND THAT IT BE TAKEN
FROM THEIR CENTIMETERS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED THE DATA NEXT.
52 53 56 56 57 58 59 60
60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62
62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63
64 64 64 64 64 64 65 66
66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
OF THIS IS FIND RANK, CLASS OF i=5, MEAN, FASHION MEDIAN, , DEVIATION
STANDART, VARIANCE, CLASS MARKS, DETERMINE THE RELATIVE FREQUENCIES WITH THEIR GRAPH, USING
THE REGRESSION METHOD DETERMINE WHAT HEIGHT (Y) THE STUDENTS HAVE WITH THE FOLLOWING
YEARS 22.5, 24.5 AND 26.5. IF WE START FROM THE FIRST INTERVAL (X) AT 18 YEARS OLD AND CONTINUE
CONSISTENTLY UNTIL 27 YEARS OLD.

2. DELL PUBLISHING HAS 75 DIFFERENT BOOK TITLES, CLASSIFIED BY TYPE AND COST AS
FOLLOWS.

COST
GUY $10.00 $15.00 $20.00
FICTION .133 .107 .04 .280
BIOGRAPHIES .160 .133 .12 .413
HISTORICAL .053 .227 .027 .307
TOTAL .346 .467 .187 1

FIND THE PROBABILITY THAT A RANDOMLY SELECTED BOOK IS: FICTION OR COSTS
$10.00; HISTORIC AND COSTS $20.00; FICTION AND COST LESS THAN $20.00;
BIOGRAPHICAL OR COSTS $15.00; BIOGRAPHICAL OR COST $20.00.
3. A MANUFACTURING COMPANY HAS PLANTS IN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, THE
CHICAGO PLANT PRODUCES 40% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION, WITH A 10% DEFECT
RATE; THE HOUSTON PLANT HAS A 20% DEFECT RATE, IF ONLY ONE UNIT IS FOUND TO
BE DEFECTIVE WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD IT COME FROM CHICAGO OR HOUSTON?
BAYES
4. TEN PRODUCTION UNITS ARE SELECTED FROM A PRODUCTION LINE. THREE OF THESE
10 ARE DEFECTIVE. HOW MANY ARE THE POSSIBLE WAYS TO FIND DEFECTIVE ONES?
5. BIGGIE BURGER OFFERS ITS BURGERS WITH A SELECTION OF 5 DIFFERENT CONDITIONS,
MUSTARD, PICKLES, TOMATO SAUCE, ONION AND TOMATO. HOW MANY DIFFERENT
BURGERS CAN YOU BUY?
6. IN GUADALAJARA CAR PLATES CONSIST OF 6 LETTERS FOLLOWED BY 3 NUMBERS HOW
MANY DIFFERENT PLATES CAN BE MADE?
7. THE NUMBER OF CELL PHONES THAT JORGE'S COMPANY SOLD MONTHLY WAS
BETWEEN 5 AND 20, HE EXPECTS THESE SALES TO BE ABOVE 7.3
 CELL PHONES THAT YOU SOLD IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, SINCE YOU HAD A REDUCTION
OF 5.7 STANDARD DEVIATION. WHAT ADVICE CAN YOU GIVE JORGE?

CELL PHONE NUMBERS

OF
MONTHS
3 5
7 8
4 10
5 12
3 17
2 20

8. JUAN DOMINGUEZ HAS SEEN THAT 18% OF HIS MERCHANDISE HAS DISAPPEARED LIKE
THE ART OF MAGIC, SO HE BLAMES HIS EMPLOYEES, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT
IT IS TRUE, SINCE HE HAS 20 EMPLOYEES AND THINKS THERE ARE 3 WHO ARE
COMMITTING THE THEFT.
9. JUAN IS THINKING ABOUT EXPANDING HIS PREMISES BUT WANTS TO KNOW HOW HIS
CUSTOMERS COME, SINCE APPROXIMATELY 8 HE SERVES EACH HOUR.; IF YOU HAVE
SEEN THAT IN THE LAST 400 HRS, 52 CUSTOMERS HAVE ARRIVED. FOR HOW MANY
PEOPLE SHOULD JUAN EXPAND?
10. IT IS PUBLISHED THAT THE BRAKES OF THE NEW LAMBOURGINIS BRAND CARS LAST AN
AVERAGE OF 35,000 MILES WITH A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 1,114 MILES. WHAT IS
THE PROBABILITY THAT THE BRAKES OF THE CAR YOU JUST PURCHASED WILL LAST
35,000; 33,900; 37,500; 32,500; 32,200; 36,000 MILES?
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DO THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND FIND THE SOLUTION TO THE QUESTIONS.

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60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62
62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63
64 64 64 64 64 64 65 66
66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
1. A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL “X” WEIGHED THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO THEIR
HEIGHTS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING DATA.
2. ORTEZ EXPORTS BASED IN BRAZIL, SHIPPING FROZEN MEAT PRODUCTS TO CUSTOMERS
IN NORTH AMERICA (N), EUROPE (E) AND ASIA (A). THE PACKAGES
PROTECTORS ARE EITHER DELUXE (D) OR STANDARD (S), THE FOLLOWING PROBABILITY
TABLE SHOWS THE RELATIVE FREQUENCIES OF MANY OF THE MOST RECENT
SHIPMENTS.
OF IT IS ASKED TO FIND RANGE, CLASS OF i=5, MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN, MEAN DEVIATION,
STANDART DEVIATION, VARIATION COEFFICIENT, VARIANCE, CLASS MARKS, DETERMINE THE RELATIVE
FREQUENCIES WITH THEIR GRAPH, USING THE REGRESSION METHOD DETERMINE WHAT HEIGHT (Y) THE
STUDENTS HAVE WITH THE FOLLOWING WEIGHTS 75, 99 AND 100.
EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA TOTAL
DELUXE .083 .167 .167 .417
STANDARD .167 .167 .250 .584
TOTAL .250 .334 .417 1

TO FINISH DECISION MAKING ON SEVERAL PENDING BUSINESSES, MR. ORTEZ DETERMINES THE
PROBABILITY OF SHIPMENTS TO THREE DESTINATIONS WITH EITHER OF THE TWO PACKAGING
OPTIONS. CALCULATE P (SΠA); P (DΠE); P (SΠN); P (SUN); P (NUD).

3. ONLY 60% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE STATISTICS CLASS PASSED THE FIRST TEST, OF
THOSE WHO PASSED, 80% STUDY, 20% OF THOSE WHO DID NOT PASS DID STUDY.
SHOULD YOU STUDY FOR THIS PROFESSOR'S TESTS? BAYES
4. RANDY RUSTY OWNER OF RUSTY CARS. INC. IT OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS CARS WITH 8
COLOR OPTIONS 4 INTERIOR PACKAGES HOW MANY CARS CAN RANDY'S CUSTOMERS
CHOOSE FROM?
5. KELLY KATZ SELLS MOBILE PHONES OFFERING 5 STYLES AND 12 FORMS OF
COMMUNICATION HOW MANY DIFFERENT PHONES CAN MR. KATZ TO ITS CLIENTS?
6. THE PRESIDENT MUST SELECT 5 MEMBERS FROM A LIST OF 12 SENATORS FROM HOW
MANY POSSIBLE RESULTS DOES THIS LIST GIVE?
7. THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS RANGES BETWEEN 0-6 EACH DAY AS
SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE CALCULATE THE STANDARD DEVIATION AND
INTERPRET IT.
COMPLAI NUMBER OF
NTS DAYS
0 3
1 4
2 3
3 6
4 2
5 1
6 4

8. IN RECENT YEARS 27% OF ALL TOYS ARE DEFECTIVE, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT
15 TOYS 10 ARE DEFECTIVE.
9. KATHMANDU PET STORE SEES EXACTLY 30 PEOPLE ARRIVING EVERY HOUR.; BUT THEY
DON'T BUY ANYTHING WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT IN THE NEXT HR.; DO YOU BUY
5 DOGS?
10. THE AVERAGE WAGE OF BANKS IN MEXICO IS $22.87 PER HOUR, WITH A STANDARD
DEVIATION OF $5.87, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT YOUR WAGE WILL INCREASE IF
YOU EARN, 41.16; 29.73; 33.16; 34.30; 35.44; 36.59?
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1. GIVEN THE FOLLOWING SCHEME, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ASKED HOW MANY HOURS THEY
WORKED PER WEEK, WHICH HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING DATA.
52 53 56 56 57 58 59 60
60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62
62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63
64 64 64 64 64 64 65 66
66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
IT IS ASKED TO FIND RANGE, CLASS OF i=5, MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN, MEAN DEVIATION, STANDART
DEVIATION, COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION, VARIANCE, CLASS MARKS, DETERMINE THE RELATIVE
FREQUENCIES WITH THEIR GRAPH, USING THE REGRESSION METHOD DETERMINE THAT WAGES (Y)
WORKERS CAN EARN WHEN THEY WORK 75, 99 AND 100 HOURS.

2. DELL PUBLISHING HAS 75 DIFFERENT BOOK TITLES, CLASSIFIED BY TYPE AND COST AS
FOLLOWS.

COST
GUY $10.00 $15.00 $20.00
FICTION .133 .107 .04 .280
BIOGRAPHIES .160 .133 .12 .413
HISTORICAL .053 .227 .027 .307
TOTAL .346 .467 .187 1

FIND THE PROBABILITY THAT A RANDOMLY SELECTED BOOK IS: FICTION OR COSTS
$10.00; HISTORIC AND COSTS $20.00; FICTION AND COST LESS THAN $20.00;
BIOGRAPHICAL OR COSTS $15.00; BIOGRAPHICAL OR COST $20.00.
3. A MANUFACTURING COMPANY HAS PLANTS IN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, THE
CHICAGO PLANT PRODUCES 40% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION, WITH A 10% DEFECT
RATE; THE HOUSTON PLANT HAS A 20% DEFECT RATE, IF ONLY ONE UNIT IS FOUND TO
BE DEFECTIVE WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD IT COME FROM CHICAGO OR HOUSTON?
BAYES
4. TEN PRODUCTION UNITS ARE SELECTED FROM A PRODUCTION LINE. THREE OF THESE
10 ARE DEFECTIVE. HOW MANY ARE THE POSSIBLE WAYS TO FIND DEFECTIVE ONES?
5. BIGGIE BURGER OFFERS ITS BURGERS WITH A SELECTION OF 5 DIFFERENT CONDITIONS,
MUSTARD, PICKLES, TOMATO SAUCE, ONION AND TOMATO. HOW MANY DIFFERENT
BURGERS CAN YOU BUY?
6. IN GUADALAJARA CAR PLATES CONSIST OF 6 LETTERS FOLLOWED BY 3 NUMBERS HOW
MANY DIFFERENT PLATES CAN BE MADE?
7. HONEST HARRY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD DEVIATION IS FOR THE CAR
SALES HE MAKES ANNUALLY.

CARS INCOME
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8. THE MANAGER OF CINEPOLIS HAS DISCOVERED THAT 15% OF HIS EMPLOYEES SMOKE
DURING WORKING HOURS, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT ON A PEAK DAY 18 OF HIS
EMPLOYEES 7 WILL SMOKE.
9. SUPER GRIVA WANTS TO KNOW THE PROBABILITY THAT EXACTLY 10 CUSTOMERS WILL
ARRIVE EVERY HOUR; IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT IN THE LAST 90 HRS.; 900
CUSTOMERS HAVE ARRIVED.
10. CEREAL PACKAGES COME IN 36 OUNCE BOXES WHICH HAVE A STANDARD DEVIATION
OF 1.9 OUNCES, THE WEIGHTS ARE THOUGHT TO BE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED, IF A
BOX IS SELECTED RANDOMLY, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT A BOX IS WEIGH; 34.8;
35; 34.3; 38.9, 39.5; 41.1 OUNCES? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER WITH A GRAPH.