5,341 Answered Questions for the topic probability

Probability

06/03/20

Geometry Homework

A bag contains 10 red pens, 15 blue pens, and 20 black pens. Joseph will pull a pen from the bag. When Joseph pulls a pen from the bag, how many outcomes are possible?a. 45b. 10c. 15d. 20
Probability Math Statistics

06/02/20

A drug is being tested on lab mice. 80% of mice die when injected and 20% of mice can resist this drug. For his research, a scientist needs 5 resistant mice.

What is the probability that the scientist killed 25 mice till he got 5 resistant mice in total?
Probability Statistics

06/02/20

Probability and statistics

A binary message is transmitted as a signal that is either -1 with probability of 1-p or +1 with probability of p. The communication channel corrupts the transmission with additive Gaussian noise... more
Probability Statistics

06/02/20

a cube with faces labeled 1 through 6 is rolled. what is p(7)?

Probability

06/01/20

What is the probability of drawing any suit first, followed by drawing a face card?

Using a standard 52 card deck, find the following probability:if 2 cards are randomly selected, what is the probability of drawing any suit first, followed by drawing a face card? Assume without... more
Probability

06/01/20

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A recent study that the annual cost of maintaining a building in Accra averages 200 cedis with a variance of 260 cedis.If a tax of 30 % is introduced on all items associated with the maintenance of... more
Probability

06/01/20

Please help me with this question

The mean number of errors due to a bug occurring in a minute is 0.0001.What is the probability that no error will occur in 20 minutes.
Probability

06/01/20

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Suppose that at a busy traffic junction, the probability p of an individual car having an accident is 0.0001.During a certain part of the day, 100 cars pass through the junction. What is the... more
Probability Math Precalculus

05/31/20

The following probability question.

A school committee is to consist of 3 teachers and 3 parents, who are chosen randomly from the 20 teachers and 100 parents involved. If half the teachers and 80 parents are women, what is... more
Probability

05/31/20

Probability Lottery Question

The Probability of a $1 winner in a particular state lottery is 1 in 8, the probability of a $5 winner is 1 in 100, and the probability of a $25 winner is 1 in 800. a) What is the probability of... more
Probability

05/31/20

Please answer help me answer this question!

What is the probability of winning a 1st or 2nd prize of a 5/43 lottery?
Probability

05/31/20

You order 10 burritos to go from a Mexican restaurant, 4 with hot peppers, and 6 without. However, the restaurant forgot to label them.

If you pick three burritos at random, find the probability that at least one has hot peppers.
Probability

05/31/20

Expected Value Question

A player pays $4 to play the following game: He rolls a die and receives $6 if he tosses and a 5 and $2 for anything else. Find the player’s expected net winnings for the game. Is the game fair? If... more
Probability

05/31/20

Expected Value Question

A business man evaluated a proposed venture. He estimated that the probability of making a profit of $9000 is 0.2; the probability of making $5000 is 0.4; the probability of breaking even is 0.3;... more
Probability

05/31/20

Expected Value Question

In a fast food store’s lucky number contest, 25% of the customers win $1, 10% win $10, 4% win $20 and 1% win $50. Find the expected winnings of a customer.

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