5,341 Answered Questions for the topic probability
Probability
05/31/20
Expected Value Question
A box contains 4 red and 6 green balls. Two balls are drawn. You receive $10 if both are red and you pay $1 otherwise. What are your expected earnings?
Probability
05/31/20
The next test will consist of five questions.
Each question will be multiple choice, with 4 possible solutions listed for each question. What is the probability of an individual correctly answering every question by guessing?
Probability
05/31/20
Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, and 1 blue marble. Find the probability
a) that both marbles are white?b) that you draw a green and a white marble?
05/31/20
Very difficult probability problem More help would be appreciated! - What is the probability that at least one attendee is on the call with everyone else?
One Friday morning, suppose everyone in the U.S. (about 330 million people) joins a single Zoom meeting between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. This being a virtual meeting, many people will join late and leave...
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Probability
05/30/20
Greg has a .78 chance of making par on each hole of golf that he plays. Today he plans to play just three holes. Find the probability of each event. Round answers to three significant figures.
a) He makes par on all three holes.b) He makes par of exactly two of the three holes. c) He makes par on at least one of the three holes. d) He makes par on the first and third holes but not the...
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Probability
05/30/20
How many five card poker hands consisting of the same suit are possible?
Probability
05/30/20
Telephone area codes are three-digit numbers of the form XXX.
a) Originally, the first and third digits were neither 0 or 1 and the second digit was always a 0 or 1. How many three-digit numbers of this type are possible?b) Over time, the restrictions listed...
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Probability
05/28/20
Question on lightbulb probability
Sorry I’m not sure what kind of math this is I’m confused A box contains 9 good light bulbs and 3 defective bulbs. Find the probability that a random sample of 4 bulbs contains exactly 1 defective...
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Probability
05/28/20
Probability Dice Question
Alice is playing a game in which she will roll 4 6-sided dice at the same time. She gets 5 points for each die that shows an even result. Let x represent the total number of points awarded on any...
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Probability
05/27/20
math homework for 7th grade
Clinton has two spinners. Spinner A has four congruent sections and Spinner B has three congruent sections as shown. Clinton will spin these two spinners at the same time. What is...
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Probability
05/27/20
Conditional Probability of a Marble Drawing System
Suppose someone has a bag of 5 yellow, 10 red, 15 green, and 20 orange marbles. There are 4 rounds to the drawing, and each round consists of 2 steps. First, a marble is chosen at random from the...
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Probability
05/26/20
Probability question.
When tetanus affects new born infants,it has been observed that only 10% recover in a random sample of 5 new borne affected by tetanus. What is the probability that: 1. Only 2 of them recovers. 2....
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Probability
05/25/20
Suppose you are going to draw two cards from a standard deck. What is the probability that the first card is a Jack and the second card is an even card?
Probability Statistics
05/24/20
How to show that P(B|A')+P(B'|A')=1?
Suppose that A and B are any two events and P(A)>0, show that P(B|A')+P(B'|A')=1?
Probability
05/23/20
Not sure how to determine PMF
In random access communication protocols a population of users is contending for the use of a common channel to transmit their packets, without the control and supervision of a master station. In...
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Probability
05/23/20
Need help determining PDF, please.
Given are two random variables X and Y for which the joint probability density function fX,Y (x, y) is given by: fX,Y (x, y) = 0.5xy for 0 ≤ x ≤ y ≤ 2fX,Y (x, y) = 0 otherwise.Let Z = Y − X....
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An art gallery has 9 paintings to display along a hallway. How many different ways can they choose and display 6 of the paintings.
A. 4320B. 40320C 60,480D.362,880
Probability Algebra 2
05/22/20
Introduction to Probability
A teacher selects 3 students from a class of 24 to present their reports. Find the number of orders 3 students can be assigned to present.number of orders=
Probability Algebra 2
05/22/20
Introduction to Probability
A random sample of 2,500 consumers reports that 61% prefer game A over game B. Which interval best represents the actual percent of people in the population likely to prefer games A over B? Circle...
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Probability Algebra 2
05/22/20
Introduction to Probability
You are one of six people running for class president. The names of the candidates will be listed in random order on the ballot. Find each probability. Round your answers to the nearest thousandth....
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Probability Algebra 2
05/22/20
Introduction to Probability
You shoot an arrow at the target shown, whose diameter is 40 inches. The red bull's-eye is 8 inches in diameter. The rings have equal widths. If the arrow is equally likely to hit anywhere on the...
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Probability
05/22/20
how many trucks can you make from 4 models, 5 colors and 3 engines
Probability Algebra
05/22/20
Probability Question
A dart hits the square dartboard shown below at a random point. Find the probability that the dart lands in the shaded circular region. Each side of the dartboard is 13 in, and the radius of the...
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Probability Algebra
05/22/20
Probability Algebra Questions
A.) Shen has a box of candies and will randomly choose one piece. The odds against choosing a lemon-flavored piece are 9/2. What is the probability of choosing a lemon-flavored piece?B.) Jenny is...
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