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For a particular card game a standard deck of cards has all of the aces, kings, queens, and jacks removed. Among the 36 cards remaining two cards are chosen simultaneously at random. What is the pro
A binomial experiment, which has the probability of success for one trial p = 0.63, is being observed, and 70 trials are preformed. Binomial probabilities for various outcomes can be computed. Howev
Suppose the random variable X has mean 45 and standard deviation of 15 and the random variable Y has mean 15 and standard deviation 3. What would be the mean and standard deviation of the random var
A trucking company wants to estimate the weight load capacity of a particular brand of their flatbed trucks. In measuring 13 of their trucks the average load capacity was 2646 pounds, with a sample
The 99% confidence interval for the true mean difference between the two means is (2 mpg, 5 mpg). Which of the following statements is the best interpretation of this confidence interval?
Alex computed the p-value of the test statistic while Mike compared the test statistic to the corresponding critical value from the t-Table of Critical Values.
In a physics class Alex and Mike were performing a hypothesis test concerning the mean amount of static electricity in a capacitor. Both students computed the same test statistic but Alex's result w
Michael's teacher informed him that his score of 98 on the last Algebra test corresponded to a z-score of -2.12. Which of the following is the best interpretation of Michael's result?
A Los Vegas slot machine requires 25 cents to play. It gives payouts, per play, based on the following probabilities:
If Jack's job consists of preparing six par 3 greens and four par 5 greens, what is the probability that he will have at least 9 of them cut in the allotted time?
Suppose that a test for Hepatitis C is 98% accurate in that if a person has Hepatitis C, the test will indicate "positive" with 0.98 probability, and if a person does not have Hepatitis C, the test
Assuming that the two groups would have unequal variances, what would be the t-statistic be for the test with the null hypothesis that the means are equal, tested against the alternative hypothesis
Ten percent of the tickets are labeled 25%, 20% are labeled 15%, and the remaining are labeled 5%. Excluding sales tax, what is the expected actual sale for a customer wishing to purchase $200 worth
A program submitted for an assignment has a probability of 0.2 of going into an in nite loop. If it does not go into an in nite loop then its execution time is an exponential random variable X with
If you know that 48% of children born are male, what is the probability of having 2 girls and one boy in a family of 3 children. Order is unimportant, (but you want to use binomial distributions or
Thirty percent of diabetic patients admitted to a hospital have kidney problems. A sample of 10 hospital admissions of diabetics is drawn. The value x the number of people having kidney problems is
A clinical trial is conducted to compare an experimental medication to placebo to reduce the symptoms of asthma. Two hundred participants are enrolled in the study and randomized to receive either t
Among coffee drinkers, men drink of 3.2 cups per day with a standard deviation of 0.8 cups. Assume the number of coffee drinks per day follows a normal distribution.If a sample of 20 men is selected
The genes for eye color in a certain male fruit fly are (R,W). The genes for eye color in the mating female fruit fly are (R,W). Their offspring receive one gene for eye color from each parent.
A researcher collects data on two independent samples. The first group consists of 20 human subjects, has a sample mean of 4, and a variance of 5. The second group consists of 10 subjects, has a sam
A consignment contains 100 items. If a random sample of 3 items from a consignment contains 1 or more faulty items then the consignment will be rejected.
A survey of 144 retail stores revealed that the average price of a microwave was $375 with a standard error of $20 If 95% and 98% confidence intervals were developed to estimate the true cost of the
Resistors produced by a certain firm are marketed as 10-ohm resistors. However, the actual resistances of the resistors may vary. It is observed that 5% of the values are below 9.5 ohms and 10% are
U.S. Department of agriculture date reveal small farms in the USA number one million owners. Small farm data show acreage farmed per owner is normally distributed with a mean of 20 acres and a stan