477 Answered Questions for the topic Finite Mathematics

Finite Mathematics

03/27/15

Solve the system of linear equations using the Gauss-Jordan elimination method x – 2y = 8 3x + 4y = 4
 Solve the system of linear equations using the Gauss-Jordan elimination method    x – 2y = 8 3x + 4y = 4
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Finite Mathematics Probability Story Problems Sets

03/25/15

What is the probability that the second ball drawn is yellow?
Assume that the box contains 12 balls: 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 yellow. As in the text, you draw one ball, note its color, and if it is yellow replace it. If it is not yellow you do not replace it. You... more
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Finite Mathematics Probability Story Problems Sets

03/25/15

What is the probability that the business makes a profit in exactly two of its first three years?
Assume that the business makes a profit with probability 0.2 in the first year. For each year thereafter, the business makes a profit with probability 0.7 if it made a profit in the previous year,... more
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Finite Mathematics Probability Math Help Story Problems

03/25/15

What is the probability that a randomly selected car has a CD player?
Assume that the fleet consists of 35 percent Lexus, 45 percent Infinity, and 20 percent Mercedes automobiles. 75 percent of the Lexus cars, 90 percent of the Infinities, and 40 percent of the... more
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Finite Mathematics Math Probability Sets

03/25/15

What is the probability that a randomly selected student plans to major in science?
Assume that 30 percent of students have taken calculus in high school. Of those who have taken calculus in high school, 65 percent plan to major in science. Of those who did not take calculus in... more
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Finite Mathematics Probability Math Help Sets

03/25/15

What is the probability that the second apple you pick is red?
nvolving the selection of two apples from a bag of red and yellow apples without replacement. Assume that the bag has a total of 10 apples: 6 red and 4 yellow.(1) What is the probability that the... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/23/15

determine the elements of the set (X'uY)n(Z'uY)'
 given U={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, x={2,4,6,8}, Y={0,2,3,4,5,6}, Z={0,1,2,3,8,9}  
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Finite Mathematics

03/23/15

probability model
a bin contains 4 apples and 3 oranges. 5 pieces of fruit are selected at random Without replacement A.) construct a probabilistic model for this experiment using combination b.) What is the... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/22/15

Gasoline mixture question
A service station has 65 octane and 78 octane gasoline. How many liters of each gasoline should be mixed to provide 13 liters of 75 octane gasoline for a chemistry experiment?
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Finite Mathematics

03/22/15

How would you simplify [(6t)^2]^6? in expoential notation
How would you simplify [(6t)^2]^6? in exponential notation
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Finite Mathematics

03/18/15

Venn Diagram
500 freshman at USC are pursuing a business degree.   300 are enrolled in economics 225 in mathematics 140 in both courses   what is the probability a freshman selected will be enrolled... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/18/15

without replacement
Three balls are selected at random WITHOUT replacement from an urn with 5 WHITE and 4 BLUE balls. Calculate the probability that:   a) two balls will be white and 1 ball will be blue   b) All... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/18/15

Mutually exclusive events
Let A and  be two mutually exclusive events. The P(A)= .37 and the P(B)= .24   Compute all of the following:   a) P(A intersection B) b) P(Bc) c) P(A U B) d) P(Ac) e) P(Ac intersection Bc)
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Finite Mathematics

03/16/15

Four balls are selected at random
Four balls are selected at random WITHOUT replacement from an urn with 3 WHITE and 5 BLUE balls. Calculate the probability that:   Two balls will be white and 2 balls will be blue   All four... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/15/15

Mutually exclusive events
Let A and B be two mutually exclusive events. The P(A)=.4 and the P(B)=.2  Compute all of the following   a) P(A intersection B) b) P(Ac) c) P(A U B) d) P(Bc) e) P(Ac intersection Bc)
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Finite Mathematics Math Word Problem Math Help

03/12/15

Questions A and B
A) How many ways can we select a 3-person committee from a group of 8 people.B) How many ways can a President,a Vice President, and a Secretarybe chosen from a group of 8 people?
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Finite Mathematics Math Word Problem Math Help

03/12/15

How many people in the group, speak both French and German?
A group of 110 people touring Europe includes 51 people who speak French, 59 who speak German, and 22 who speak neither language. How many people in the group,speak both French and German?
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Finite Mathematics Math Word Problem Word Problems

03/12/15

How many different license plates are possible if each contains 3 letters (out of alphabet’s 26 letters) followed by 3 digits (from 0 to 9)?
How many different license plates are possible if each contains 3 letters (out of alphabet’s 26 letters) followed by 3 digits (from 0 to 9)?
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Finite Mathematics Math Word Problem Math Help

03/12/15

How many different choices does the student have?
An online college offers 5 introductory courses in humanities, 3 introductory courses in in sciences, 4 introductory courses in mathematics, and 4 in English. Astudent has to select one course from... more
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Finite Mathematics Math Math Help Math Word Problem

03/12/15

How many students ar e taking neither of these two courses, i.e. neither statistics nor economics?
A small college has 987 students. 54 are enrolled in statistics, 45 are enrolled in economics, and 15 are enrolled in both statistics and economics. How many students are taking neither of these... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/12/15

an unfair coin with P(H)=.25 is flipped 100 times. A random variable X= number of heads that occur Find the expected value and standard deviation
please show as many steps as possible thank you
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Finite Mathematics

03/10/15

Finite Math
Suppose that a 4-digit pin number is to be formed with the digits in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}. What is the probability that the pin number contains at least 3 odd digits?   Thanks for the help!
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Finite Mathematics

03/10/15

Finite Math Help!
A pharmaceutical company has two drug trials coming up. For the first trial, they project a 60% success rate. For the second trial, however, they project a 45% success rate. Based on these... more
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Finite Mathematics

03/10/15

Three fair six sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the outcome is 6? *Round your answer to the third decimal place.
Finite Math.. If you could also explain how you got the answer that would be awesome!
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03/07/15

How many of these are less than 5000?
In this version, you are to form a 4-digit number from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9, using each at most once.   How many of these are less than 5000?
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