Question 1

An event with a probability of $$\frac{11}{20} is $$considered unusual. Is this statement true or false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

In a study on the prevalence of a rare condition, the following probability distribution was found for the number of patients $$y ($$out of 6) who reported the condition:

$$\begin{array}{c|ccccccc}
y & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \
P(Y=y) & 0.160 & 0.330 & 0.275 & 0.145 & 0.065 & 0.020 & 0.005 \
\end{array}$$

Find the probability that at least 1 of the 6 patients has the condition.

Accepted Answer

0.840

Question 3

A health clinic conducted a 'Rapid Flu' test:
- 135 individuals tested positive, 22 were false positives.
- 165 individuals tested negative, 4 were false negatives.

If one test participant is randomly selected, what is the probability that they did NOT have the flu or tested positive?

Accepted Answer

0.9267

Question 4

A survey of high school students on screen habits and sleep patterns produced the following table:

$$\begin{array}{l|cc}
 & 	ext{Reported Poor Sleep} & 	ext{Did Not Report Poor Sleep} \
\hline
	ext{Used Electronic Devices Before Bed} & 800 & 2940 \
	ext{Did Not Use Electronic Devices Before Bed} & 210 & 4030 \
\end{array}

If $$one student is randomly selected, what is the probability that the student did NOT use electronic devices before bed and did NOT report poor sleep?

Accepted Answer

0.39375

Question 5

A college tracks the number of male and female students who graduate with degrees in science and non-science fields:

$$\begin{array}{l|cc}
 & 	ext{Science} & 	ext{Non-Science} \
\hline
	ext{Male} & 75{,}000 & 105{,}000 \
	ext{Female} & 95{,}000 & 125{,}000 \
\end{array}$$

What is the probability that a randomly selected science graduate is male?

Accepted Answer

0.441

Question 6

In a group of 8 students, 4 are left-handed. If 3 students are selected at random without replacement, what is the probability that all three are left-handed?

Accepted Answer

0.0714

Question 7

Let $$P(G) = 0.5$$, $$P(\overline{G}) = 0.5$$, $$P(H|G) = 0.4$$, and $$P(H|\overline{G}) = 0.1. $$What is $$P(G|H)$$ according to Bayes' Theorem?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{4}{11}$$

Question 8

A jar contains 10 marbles numbered 1 through 10. Event D is drawing the marble numbered 7. How many outcomes are in Event D, and is it a simple event?

Accepted Answer

1: Yes

Question 9

A phone number (excluding the area code) consists of seven digits in a specific order, and digits may repeat. Suppose you already know the last three digits of a person's phone number from a form they filled out. If you randomly guess the remaining four digits, what is the probability that you correctly guess the entire phone number?

Accepted Answer

0.0001

Question 10

A company's average monthly electricity bill is $$320. Due to a rate change, each bill is increased by 7% and a fixed service charge of 25 is $$added. What is the new mean monthly bill?

Accepted Answer

$345.00

Question 11

62% of employees prefer email as their primary method of workplace communication. You randomly select 10 employees and ask whether they prefer email. The random variable $$X$$ represents the number of employees who prefer email.

(i) What is the most appropriate description of the histogram's shape?
(ii) Which value of $$X$$ would be considered unusual?
(iii) Why is this value considered unusual?

Accepted Answer

i. Shape: skewed left
 ii. $$X=2$$
 iii. because it has a probability less than 0.05

Question 12

A call center receives an average of 3.2 calls per hour. Assuming the number of calls follows a Poisson distribution, what is the probability that in a randomly selected hour, the call center receives exactly 3 calls?

Use the Poisson formula: $$P(X=k) = \frac{\lambda^k e$$^{-\lambda}$$}{k!}$$ where $$\lambda=3.2$$, $$k=3.$$

Accepted Answer

0.2230

Question 13

A shipment contains 7,500 bolts, with 18% classified as substandard. If a supervisor randomly selects 6 bolts for testing, what is the probability that none of the selected bolts are substandard? Selections are made without replacement.

Accepted Answer

0.304

Question 14

A random variable $$W is $$normally distributed with a mean of 120 and a standard deviation of 20. Find $$P(W \u003e 100).$$

Accepted Answer

0.8157

Question 15

Suppose the daily amount of nitrogen dioxide in a city is normally distributed with a mean of 18.6 parts per billion and a standard deviation of 5.1 parts per billion. What is the probability that on a randomly selected day, the nitrogen dioxide level is between 12.0 and 25.0 parts per billion?

Accepted Answer

0.8953

Question 16

The mean daily rainfall in a rainforest region is normally distributed with a mean of 18.2 mm and a standard deviation of 6.3 mm. If a sample of 10 days is randomly chosen, what is the probability that the sample mean rainfall is greater than 22.8 mm?

Accepted Answer

0.0051

Question 17

A research team wants to estimate the standard deviation of time spent on social media by teenagers. Find the minimum sample size needed to be 99% confident that the sample standard deviation $$S is $$within 3% of the population standard deviation $$\sigma.$$

Accepted Answer

7373

Question 18

A researcher collects the following weights in grams of dimes minted after 2000: 2.312, 2.284, 2.298, 2.315, 2.289, 2.301, 2.307, 2.294, 2.319, 2.288. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the mean weight of all dimes minted after 2000. The official specification requires a weight of 2.268 grams. Does the confidence interval suggest the mean meets the specification?

Accepted Answer

(2.292 grams, 2.309 grams), the confidence interval suggests the mean meets the specification

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