606 Answered Questions for the topic Finite Math

Finite Math

02/05/19

What is the probability that both heads and tails occur?

 involving flipping a fair coin. Assume that the coin is flipped 9 times.
Finite Math

02/05/19

What is the probability that 2 cans of regular cola and 1 can of diet cola are selected?

randomly selecting 3 cans of regular and diet cola, but assume that there are 6 cans of regular cola and 8 cans of diet cola. 
Finite Math

01/31/19

A bag contains six 1-dollar bills, three 5-dollar bills, and two 10-dollar bills. An experiment consists of drawing three random bills from the bag simultaneously.

Considering each possible group of three bills as an outcome, the experiment has C(11,3)=165 equally likely outcomes in its sample space. Let event E be that at least two 5-dollar bills were... more
Finite Math

01/29/19

Paige Turner loves finite mathematics. She has 3 books about probability and 6 books about matrices. Her friend Anita Tudor wants to borrow four of these books.

How many ways can Paige choose the books to lend Anita if: there is at least one book on each topic? this is the last question in a set of 3 for this problem I am having trouble on.
Finite Math

01/28/19

A bag contains four 1-dollar bills, three 5-dollar bills, and two 10-dollar bills. You draw three bills but two of the bills has to be a five dollar bill.

The event that at least two five dollar bills were drawn?
Finite Math

01/28/19

In a baseball league of ten teams, how many games are needed to complete the schedule if each team plays eleven games with each other team?

How many games are needed for each team to have played 11 games?
Finite Math

12/07/18

Need Step By Step Guide

One employee is paid base salary of 2000 a month plus 8% commission on all sales over 7000 during the month. How much does one need to sell in a month to earn a total of 4000?The book says the... more
Finite Math

11/30/18

Finite Help!!!!!!!

Rework problem 23 from section 4.1 of your text involving a basketball player's three point shooting. Assume that his shots are Bernoulli trials, and that he makes 1 in 4 of his shots.How many... more
Finite Math

11/30/18

Finite Help!!!!!!!

This problem involves inspection at a widget factory. Assume that a box contains 6 defective widgets and 13 acceptable widgets. There are 3 inspectors, each of whom selects a widget from the box at... more
Finite Math

11/05/18

Finite Math lesson 3.4

Rework problem 7 from section 3.4 of your text, involving the selection of a colored ball from one of three bowls. Assume that you randomly pick one of the bowls: X, Y, or Z. You then randomly draw... more
Finite Math Math Probability

10/21/18

Finite Math Probabitlity

In a 20 item true-false examination, if 12 correct answers constitute a passing grade, what are the odds in favor of passing, if he or she is guessing?
Finite Math

10/14/18

From a standard​ 52-card deck, how many 6​-card hands consist entirely of black cards?

From a standard​ 52-card deck, how many 66​-card hands consist entirely of black cards?
Finite Math

10/11/18

How to solve linear equations using the matrix method 3x-5y=7 -x+y=-1

09/30/18

how many Democrats, how many Republicans, and how many members of other parties voted in favor of the bill?

In the 75th Congress (1937−1939) there were in the Senate 75 Democrats, 17 Republicans, and 4 members of other parties. Suppose that a bill passed the Senate with 40 more votes in favor than... more

How large was the audience of each of the four companies at the end of that year?

At the end of a certain year, the four companies with the largest number of home Internet users in the United States were Microsoft, Time Warner, Yahoo, and Google, with a combined audience of 284... more

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