494 Answered Questions for the topic Finite Mathematics

Finite Mathematics Fractions Slope Intercept Form Slope

08/26/15

Find the equation of this line in slope intercept form
equation of a line through a given point, parallel to a second line. Assume that the line passes through the point (−2,3) and is parallel to the line through the points ( −2,−1) and... more
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Finite Mathematics Fractions Slope Intercept Form Slope

08/26/15

Find the equations of the lines through the following pairs of points, in slope intercept form.
(1) Find the equation of the line through (1,1),(−3,2). y = (2) Find the equation of the line through (5,−1),(6,3). y=
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Finite Mathematics

07/30/15

Please help explain the question
What does Chebychev's inequality measure?
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Finite Mathematics

07/29/15

Please help explain the question
If X is a normal random variable with mean and standard deviation, write P (a< X < b) in terms of the probabilities associated with the standard normal random variable Z.
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Finite Mathematics

07/19/15

Word Problem in Finite Math
In a town, 40% of the men and 30% of the women are overweight. If the town has 46% men and 54% women, what percent of the people are overweight?
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Finite Mathematics

07/18/15

How many use at least one brand?
In a survey of computer users, it was found that 50 use HP printers, 30 use IBM printers, 20 use Apple printers, 13 use HP and IBM, 9 use HP and Apple, 7 use IBM and Apple, and 3 use all three. How... more
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Finite Mathematics

07/13/15

Please explain the question.
Give an example of an experiment. For the example you have chosen, describe (a) a sample point, (b) the sample space, and (c) an event of the experiment.
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Finite Mathematics

07/02/15

Please help explain these questions
a. How many combinations are there of a set of n distinct objects taken r at a time? b. How many combinations are there of six distinct objects taken three at a time?
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Finite Mathematics

07/02/15

Please help explain these questions
a.What is a permutation of a set of distinct objects? b. How many permutations of a set five distinct objects taken three at a time are there?
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Finite Mathematics

06/26/15

Please help me to explain this question. This is my first Finite Mathematics class and trying to get a feel for linear demand curve and supply curve.
Please explain why you would expect that the intersection of a linear demand curve and a linear supply curve would lie in the first quadrant.
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Finite Mathematics

06/24/15

Suppose a line L has an equation Ax + By + C = 0.
 What is the slope of L if B = 0 and A does not equal 0. 
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Finite Mathematics

06/23/15

Markov Chains
Box 1 contains 3 red marbles and Box 2 contains 3 blue marbles. A marble is drawn at random from each box and these two marbles are interchanged (each is put in the other box). Let the states of... more
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06/15/15

Bernoulli Principle
A certain drug was developed, tested, and found to be effective 80% of the time. Find the probability of successfully administering the drug to at least 10 out of 11 patients. (Round your answer to... more
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06/12/15

Probability, Random Variables
Four red cards and four green cards are well shuffled. Cards are drawn, without replacement, until the color of a card drawn matches the color of the first card drawn. Find the average number of... more
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Finite Mathematics Statistics

06/11/15

Probability
Four red cards and four green cards are well shuffled. Cards are drawn, without replacement, until the color of a card drawn matches the color of the first card drawn. Find the average number of... more
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Finite Mathematics Statistics

06/11/15

Random Variables
In a card game, a player randomly selects 2 cards in succession from a 52-card bridge deck. The player receives a score of 10 if the second card is the same suit as the first, a score of 5 if the... more
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Finite Mathematics Statistics

06/11/15

Random Variables
A number is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The random variable X is the remainder when the selected number is divided by 3. Find the probability distribution... more
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Finite Mathematics Statistics

06/11/15

Random Variables
In a card game, a player randomly selects 2 cards in succession from a 52-card bridge deck. The player receives a score of 10 if the second card is the same suit as the first, a score of 5 if the... more
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Finite Mathematics

06/11/15

a halloween candy jar has 8 snickers and 5 crunch bars. If three are chosen
Then, How many ways can it be at least one crunch bar?
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Finite Mathematics

05/27/15

If a single fair die is rolled, find the probability. An even number, given that the number rolled was 6
If a single fair die is rolled, find the probability. An even number, given that the number rolled was 6
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Finite Mathematics Finite Math

05/14/15

what is the slope of L if B does not equal 0
Suppose a line has an equation Ax + By + C =0.  
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Finite Mathematics

05/10/15

Chebychev's Inequality
A probability distribution has an EV (mean) of 42, and a standard deviation of 2. Use Chebychev's Inequality to estimate the probability that the outcome of an experiment lies between:   a) 38... more
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Finite Mathematics Math Statistics Probability

05/05/15

The test Linda took had 120 multiple choice questions and each question had 5 possible answers.
How many questions could she have expected to have gotten right if she had guessed all of them? What is the probability of getting at least 30 questions right by guessing all of them?
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Finite Mathematics Math Statistics Probability

05/05/15

The mean high temperature for a town in Saskatchewan is -15 degrees and the standard deviation is 6 degrees.
What is the probability that the temperature will get above zero? 
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Finite Mathematics Math Probability Median

05/05/15

Given the following frequency distribution, find the mean, median, mode and standard deviation. draw the histogram.
Score          100     95     90     82 Frequency     1        2       3       4
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