Ch. 4 Practice Questions, 9.21.

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MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Estimatetheprobabilityoftheevent.
1) Apollingfirm,hiredtoestimatethelikelihoodofthepassageofanup-comingreferendum, 1)
obtainedthesetofsurveyresponsestomakeitsestimate.Theencodingsystemforthedatais:
0=FOR,1=AGAINST.Ifthereferendumwereheldtoday,estimatetheprobabilitythatitwould
pass.

0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0
A) 0.65 B) 0.4 C) 0.6 D) 0.5

2) Thedatasetrepresentstheincomelevelsofthemembersofacountryclub.Estimatethe 2)
probabilitythatarandomlyselectedmemberearnsatleast $90,000.Roundyouranswerstothe
nearesttenth.

104,000118,00084,000125,00087,000104,00090,00078,000139,000174,00081,00097,000132,000
87,000118,000111,00090,000146,00075,000111,000
A) 0.4 B) 0.6 C) 0.8 D) 0.7

3) Of1338peoplewhocameintoabloodbanktogiveblood,253 peoplehadhighbloodpressure. 3)
Estimatetheprobabilitythatthenextpersonwhocomesintogivebloodwillhavehighblood
pressure.
A) 0.157 B) 0.189 C) 0.24 D) 0.108

4) Inacertainclassofstudents,thereare9 boysfromWilmette,5 girlsfromKenilworth,7girlsfrom 4)

Wilmette,6boysfromGlencoe,5boysfromKenilworthand3girlsfromGlenoce.Iftheteacher
callsuponastudenttoansweraquestion,whatistheprobabilitythatthestudentwillbefrom
Kenilworth?
A) 0.37 B) 0.143 C) 0.25 D) 0.286

5) Inacertainclassofstudents,thereare12 boysfromWilmette,3 girlsfromWinnetka,8girlsfrom 5)

Wilmette,4boysfromGlencoe,3boysfromWinnetkaand9girlsfromGlenoce.Iftheteacher
callsuponastudenttoansweraquestion,whatistheprobabilitythatthestudentwillbeaboy?
A) 0.487 B) 0.767 C) 0.41 D) 0.308

Fromtheinformationprovided,createthesamplespaceofpossibleoutcomes.
6) Friskieishavingherfifthlitter.Thepriorlittershaveeitherbeenthreenormalpupsortwonormal 6)
pupsandarunt.Assumetheprobabilityofeitheroutcomeis50%.
A) NNNNRNNNNRN B) NNNRNNNR
C) NRNNRNNR D) NNRNNN

7) BothFredandEdhaveabagofcandycontainingalemondrop,acherrydrop,andalollipop.Each 7)
takesoutapieceandeatsit.Whatarethepossiblepairsofcandieseaten?
A) LD-LDCD-LDLP-LPLD-LPCD-CDLD-LPLP-CDCD-LD LP-LD
B) LD-LDCD-LDLP-LPLD-CDCD-CDLD-LPLP-CDCD-LP LP-LD
C) CD-LDLD-LPLP-CDLP-LPLD-LD
D) LD-CDLD-CDLD-CDLD-LPLD-LPLD-LPCD-LPCD-LP CD-LP

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 8) Twowhitemicemate.Themalehasbothawhiteandablackfur -colorgene.Thefemalehasonly 8)
whitefur-colorgenes.Thefurcoloroftheoffspringdependsonthepairsoffur-colorgenesthat
theyreceive.Assumethatneitherthewhitenortheblackgenedominates.Listthepossible
outcomes.W=whiteandB=black
A) WB,BW B) WW,BW C) WW,WW D) WW,BB

Answerthequestion.
9) Inacertaintown,10%ofpeoplecommutetoworkbybicycle.Ifapersonisselectedrandomly 9)
fromthetown,whataretheoddsagainstselectingsomeonewhocommutesbybicycle?
A) 9:10 B) 9:1 C) 1:9 D) 1:10

10) Supposeyouareplayingagameofchance.Ifyoubet $7 onacertainevent,youwillcollect$280 10)

(includingyour$7bet)ifyouwin.Findtheoddsusedfordeterminingthepayoff.
A) 39:1 B) 1:39 C) 40 :1 D) 280:287

Determinewhethertheeventsaremutuallyexclusive.
11) ReadabookbyMarkTwain. 11)
ReadaboutTomSawyer.
A) Yes B) No

12) Getafulltimedayjobasatellerwithabank. 12)

Getafulltimedayjobasacashieratastore.
A) Yes B) No

13) Gotoaformaldinneraffair. 13)

Wearbluejeans.
A) No B) Yes

14) Getstungbyabee. 14)

Getstungbyawasp.
A) Yes B) No

Findtheindicatedprobability.
15) Ifapersonisrandomlyselected,findtheprobabilitythathisorherbirthdayisnotinMay.Ignore 15)
leapyears.
31 334 11 31
A) B) C) D)
334 365 12 365

16) Thetablebelowdescribesthesmokinghabitsofagroupofasthmasufferers. 16)

Occasional Regular Heavy
Nonsmoker smoker smoker smoker Total
Men 433 42 71 37 583
Women 326 47 78 39 490
Total 759 89 149 76 1073
Ifoneofthe1073peopleisrandomlyselected,findtheprobabilitythatthepersonisamanora
heavysmoker.
A) 0.580 B) 0.487 C) 0.545 D) 0.614

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17) Asampleof100woodand100graphitetennisracketsaretakenfromthewarehouse.If 5wood 17)
and10graphitearedefectiveandoneracketisrandomlyselectedfromthesample,findthe
probabilitythattheracketiswoodordefective.
A) 0.075
B) 0.525
C) 0.55
D) Thereisinsufficientinformationtoanswerthequestion.

18) Ofthe52peoplewhoansweredyestoaquestion,5 weremale.Ofthe77 peoplethatanswered 18)

notothequestion,11weremale.Ifonepersonisselectedatrandomfromthegroup,whatisthe
probabilitythatthepersonansweredyesorwasmale?
A) 0.124 B) 0.527 C) 0.488 D) 0.096

19) Astudyofconsumersmokinghabitsincludes169 peopleinthe18-22agebracket(46ofwhom 19)

smoke),126peopleinthe23-30agebracket(38ofwhomsmoke),and100peopleinthe31-40age
bracket(22ofwhomsmoke).Ifonepersonisrandomlyselectedfromthissample,findthe
probabilityofgettingsomeonewhoisage23-30orsmokes.
A) 0.096 B) 0.587 C) 0.491 D) 0.302

20) Astudyofconsumersmokinghabitsincludes168 peopleinthe18-22agebracket(48ofwhom 20)

smoke),131peopleinthe23-30agebracket(36ofwhomsmoke),and99peopleinthe31-40age
bracket(28ofwhomsmoke).Ifonepersonisrandomlyselectedfromthissample,findthe
probabilityofgettingsomeonewhoisage18-22ordoesnotsmoke.
A) 0.839 B) 1.141 C) 0.714 D) 0.302

21) Themanagerofabankrecordedtheamountoftimeeachcustomerspentwaitinginlineduring 21)

peakbusinesshoursoneMonday.Thefrequencytablebelowsummarizestheresults.

WaitingTime Numberof
(minutes) Customers
0-3 13
4-7 10
8-11 11
12-15 5
16-19 4
20-23 2
24-27 3

Ifwerandomlyselectoneofthecustomersrepresentedinthetable,whatistheprobabilitythatthe
waitingtimeisatleast12minutesorbetween8and15minutes?
A) 0.104 B) 0.625 C) 0.521 D) 0.727

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22) 100employeesofacompanyareaskedhowtheygettoworkandwhethertheyworkfulltimeor 22)
parttime.Thefigurebelowshowstheresults.Ifoneofthe100employeesisrandomlyselected,
findtheprobabilityofgettingsomeonewhocarpoolsorsomeonewhoworksfulltime.

1.Publictransportation:9fulltime,6parttime
2.Bicycle:4fulltime,5parttime
3.Drivealone:31fulltime,30parttime
4.Carpool:7fulltime,8parttime
A) 0.25 B) 0.53 C) 0.59 D) 0.66

23) 100employeesofacompanyareaskedhowtheygettoworkandwhethertheyworkfulltimeor 23)

parttime.Thefigurebelowshowstheresults.Ifoneofthe100employeesisrandomlyselected,
findtheprobabilityofgettingsomeonewhocarpools,someonewhocyclestowork,orsomeone
whoworksparttime.

1.Publictransportation:7fulltime,7parttime
2.Bicycle:4fulltime,4parttime
3.Drivealone:34fulltime,30parttime
4.Carpool:6fulltime,8parttime
A) 0.47 B) 0.22 C) 0.71 D) 0.59

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AnswerKey
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