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    Cherry Trees: Computing the Probability

    The average height of flowering cherry trees in a nursery is 11 feet. If the heights are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1.6, find the probability that a randomly selected cherry tree in this nursery is less than 13 feet tall.

    Time to finish the job

    An employer wants to set a time limit so that 90% of the employees will finish a job on time. Past history has shown that the time required to do the job is normally distributed and has a mean time of 28 minutes with a standard deviation of 5 minutes. How much time should the employer allow employees to finish the job? (Round

    Z-Score and Probability

    1: Given the standardized normal distribution (with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, as in table E.2), what is the probability that A: Z is less than 1.57? B: Z is greater than 1.84? C: Z is between 1.57 and 1.84? D: Z is less than 1.57 or greater than 1.84? 2: The breaking strength of plastic bags used for p

    Statistics Quantitative Analysis: Probability and frequency distribution

    Probability A certain state is contemplating creating a weekly lottery, the revenues from which will be used to fund improvements in the state's public education system. The commission chartered to develop the guidelines for the proposed lottery envisions using a process whereby six (6) balls will be randomly selected from a

    Statistics: Probability Example Questions

    1: When a customer places an order with Rudy's On-Line Office Supplies, a computerized accounting information system (AIS) automatically checks to see if the customer has exceeded his or her credit limit. Past records indicate that the probability of customers exceeding their credit limit is 0.05. Suppose that, on a given d

    Calculating premium amount

    Accident records given by an insurance company give the following information. The probability that an insured driver has an accident is 0.15. If an accident occurs, the damage to the vehicle amount to 20% of its market value 80% of the time, to 60% of its market value with probability 0.12, and a total loss with a probability o

    Probability of Rejecting the Ledger

    An auditor takes samples from ledgers to decide whether to certify or reject the ledger. The sampling method used is to select 10 entries at random from the ledgers and then analyze each for errors. If the auditor finds no errors he certifies the ledger. If he finds 2 or more entries with errors he rejects the ledgers. If the au

    Probability calculations considering Obama's health care plan

    Consider Obama's health care plan. There are = #s of males and females. 50% of the females approve (A) of the plan and 70% of the males do not approve (N) of the plan. If a simple random sample of 1 person is selected from the population determine: P(A/M) P(A) P(F U A) P(F/A)

    Probability Distribution: Temperature Example

    High temp for January 1st is normally distributed with a mean of 40 degrees and a standard deviation of 5 degrees. Determine the probability that the Jan 1st high temp will be exactly 40 degrees. Determine the probability that the Jan 1st temp will be above 48 degrees. If Jan 2nd has the same high temp probability dis

    Help

    According to the "January theory," if the stock market is up for the month of January, it will be up for the year. If it is down in January, it will be down for the year. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, this theory held for 28 out of the last 34 years. Suppose there is no truth to this theory; that is, the pr

    Probability: Marbles

    A box contains 3 blue marbles and two red marbles. If two marbles are drawn randomly and without replacement, find the probability that (a) at least one of the marbles is blue, (b) at least one of the marbles is red, (c) two blue marbles are drawn, (d) two red marbles are drawn.

    Statistics: 6 Probability distribution problems

    Unit 2 Test 1. The United States National Centre for Education Statistics compiles enrolment data on American public schools and reports the information in Digest of Education Statistics. The following table displays a frequency distribution for the enrolment by grade level in public secondary schools for a given year. Freque

    Independent Events

    27. In 1998, the average age of students at UTC was 22 with a standard deviation of 3.96. In 1999, the average age was 24 with a standard deviation of 4.08. In which year do the ages show a more dispersed distribution? Show your complete work. 29. If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.6

    Random Investor and Security Ownership

    It is estimated 30% of all adults in United States invest in stocks and that 83% of U.S. adults have investments in fixed income instruments (savings accounts, bonds, etc.). It is also estimated that 25% of U.S. adults have investments in both stocks and fixed income instruments. (a) What is the probability that a randomly c

    Sony Corporation Stats: Normal Probability Distribution

    The Sony corporation produces a Walkman that requires two AA Batteries. The mean life of these batteries in this product is 35.0 hours. The distribution of the battery lives closely follows the normal probability distribtion with a standard deviation of 5.5 hours. As a part of their testing program Sony tests samples of 25 batte

    Venn Diagram, binomial probability problems

    5.10 Given P(A) = .70, P(B) = .30, and P(A ∩ B) = .00, find (a) P(A ∪ B) and (b) P(A | B). (c) Sketch a Venn diagram and describe it in words 5.16 Given P(A) = .40, P(B) = .50. If A and B are independent, find P(A ∩ B). 6.4 Pepsi and Mountain Dew products sponsored a contest giving away a Lamborghini spo

    Statistics Probability Question and Bowser Bites Industries

    Question 1 Consider a random variable, z, that has a standardized normal distribution. Determine the following probabilities: a. P(0 < z < 1.96) b. P(z > 1.645) c. P(1.28 < z < 2.33) d. P(-2 < z < 3) e. P(z > -1) Question 2 Bowser Bites Industries (BBI) sells large bags of dog food to warehouse clubs. BBI uses an au

    Statistics Probability: Length of a Typical Televised Football Game

    Suppose the length of a typical televised football game, including all commercial timeouts, is normally distributed with a mean of 2.45 hours and standard deviation 0.37 hour. Consider a televised football game that begins at 2:00 in the afternoon. The next regularly scheduled broadcast is at 5:00. What is the probability t

    Probability based on normal distribution and CLT

    If random samples, each with n = 9 scores, are selected from a normal population with &#61549; = 80 and &#61555; = 18, and the mean is calculated for each sample, then the average of all the sample means would be ____. A random sample of n = 4 scores is obtained from a normal population with &#61549; = 20 and &#61555; = 4. Wh

    Statistics

    For questions 1-5 use the random variable X with values x = 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 with P(x) = 0.05x. 1. Determine P (x = 4). a. 0.05 b. 0.10 c. 0.15 d. 0.20 2. Find P (x >= 4). a. 0.60 b. 0.45 c. 0.75 d. 0.55 3. What is P (2 < x <= 5)? a. 0.70

    Compose an email to the AIU: Discuss distribution of individuals by gender

    See attached data file. Using attached data set compose an email to the head of the American Intellectual Union which discusses the following: Begin email to AIU by first providing an overview of the database, i.e. a story about the characteristics which may include the types of variables included, etc. Be sure to inclu

    Statistical Analysis: Compose an Email Using AUI Data

    See attached data file. Using our data set from Unit 1, compose an email to the head of the American Intellectual Union which discusses the following: Begin your email to AIU by first providing an overview of the database, i.e. a story about the characteristics which may include the types of variables included, etc. B

    Probability Problems: Random Selection

    An automobile dealer sells two brands of new cars. One, C, is primarily American in original; the other, G, is primarily Japanese. The dealer performs repair work under warranty for both brands. Each warranty job is classified according to the primary problem to be fixed. If there is more is more than one problem in a given job,

    Random sample for grill owners, number of television sets

    3 In a simple random sample of 1000 households, 150 households happen to own a barbecue grill. Based on the characteristics of the population, the expected number of grill owners in the sample was 180. What are the values of pie, p, and n? 4 For a population of five individuals, television ownership is as follows:

    Conditional Distribution of Point X

    A particle arrives to a random point x uniformly distributed on [-1; 1]. There are two devices independently detecting this particle; one detects the particle with probability p(x) and another with probability q(x). What is the conditional distribution of the point x of arrival, given that the particle was detected by both devic