MATH-221 Week 2 Homework: Statistics for Decision-Making
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) A random selection from a deck of cards selects one card. What is the probability of selecting a spade?
0.077
0.050
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MATH-221 Week 2 Homework: Statistics for Decision-Making
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) A random selection from a deck of cards selects one card. What is the probability of selecting a spade?
0.077
0.050
Correct!
0.250
0.025
See text page 134
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) What is the sample space of flipping three coins, where H=heads, and T=tails?
(H,H,T)(H,T,T)(T,H,H)(T,T,H)(T,T,T)(T,H,T)(H,T,H)
Correct!
(H,H,H)(H,H,T)(H,T,T)(T,H,H)(T,T,H)(T,T,T)(T,H,T)(H,T,H)
(H,H,H)(T,T,T)
(H,H,H)(H,H,H)(H,H,H)(H,H,H)(T,T,T)(T,T,T)(T,T,T)(T,T,T)
See text page 130
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Consider the table below
Response (number of cats owned) Frequency
None 659
One 329
Two 52
Three 13
Four or more 8
What is the probability that the next person asked has only two cats?
Correct!
5%
62%
50%
31%
See text page 136
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
(CO 3) Consider the table below
Age Group Frequency
18-29 9831
30-39 7845
40-49 6869
50-59 6323
60-69 5410
70 and over 5279
What is the probability that the next person chosen will be in the 40-49 or 50-59 age groups?
42.5%
Correct!
31.7%
35.4%
23.7%
See text page 136
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Based on the CEO’s perception, a company estimates that a new product will be purchased by 32% of current customers. This is an example of which type of probability?
Empirical probability
Public probability
Classical probability
Correct!
Subjective probability
See text page 134-137
Question 6
0 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Consider the table below.
Age Group Frequency
18-29 9831
30-39 7845
40-49 6869
50-59 6323
60-69 5410
70 and over 5279
What is the complement of P(40-59), or P(40-59’)?
64.6%
You Answered
31.7%
71.8%
Correct Answer
68.3%
See text page 138
Question 7
0 / 2 pts
(CO 2) You are selling your product at a three-day event. Each day, there is a 60% chance that you will make money. What is the probability that you will make money on the first day and lose money on the next two days?
Correct Answer
0.096
You Answered
0.144
0.216
0.288
Multiplication rule. See text page 139
Question 8
0 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Consider the table below.
Profit Loss Total
Urban location 50 38 88
Rural location 61 84 125
Total 111 132 243
Find the probability that a randomly selected location is in a rural location, given that it is profitable.
51.4%
You Answered
48.8%
Correct Answer
55.0%
45.7%
Conditional probability. See text page 147
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
(CO 3) Consider the table below.
Production location Correct Defective Total
East 258 31 289
West 572 106 678
North 755 94 849
South 491 74 565
Total 2076 305 2381
Find the probability that a randomly selected product is from the North, given that it is correct.
12.1%
88.9%
87.2 %
Correct!
36.4%
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Classify these events. Selecting a king from a deck of cards, replacing it and selecting another king from the same deck. These events would be considered:
Correct!
Independent
Subjective
Empirical
Dependent
See text page 148
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
(CO 3) Classify these events. Some businesses have large stores and some businesses have large parking lots. These events would be considered:
Independent
Correct!
Dependent
Subjective
Classical
See text page 148
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) In a survey of 331 customers, 66 say that service is poor. You select two customers without replacement to get more information on their satisfaction. What is the probability that both say service is poor?
Correct!
3.93%
3.88%
4.00%
19.70%
Multiplication rule. See text pages 149-151
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Randomly select a customer that lives in a retirement home. Randomly select a customer that is a teenager. Are these events mutually exclusive?
Non-mutually exclusive events
Correct!
Mutually exclusive events
See text page 157
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Two cards are selected without replacement from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of selecting a jack and then selecting a queen.
0.0769
0.0044
Correct!
0.0060
0.0059
See text pages 150-151
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) Two cards are selected with replacement from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of selecting a jack and then selecting a queen.
0.0769
0.0060
Correct!
0.0059
0.00440
See text pages 150-151
Question 16
0 / 2 pts
(CO 2) The probability of a golden retriever catching a tennis ball in mid-air is 78%. Find the probability that a golden retriever catches three tennis balls in mid-air.
0.7878
Correct Answer
0.4746
0.6084
You Answered
0.4565
See text pages 150-151
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
(CO 2) A statistics class has 50 students and among those students, 35 are business majors and 8 like grilled cheese. Of the business majors, 3 like grilled cheese. Find the probability that a randomly selected statistics student is a business major or likes grilled cheese.
0.84
Correct!
0.80
0.96
0.94
See text pages 158-159
Question 18
0 / 2 pts
(CO 2) The probability of a stock making money in the next year is 55%. What is the probability of the complement of that event?
0.40
Correct Answer
0.45
You Answered
0.55
cannot be determined
See text page 138
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