Session:3 Probability Topics
Solutions
Introductory Business Statistics | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session
Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics
1.
- P(L′) = P(S)
- P(M ∪
S)
- P(F ∩
L)
- P(M|
L)
- P(L|
M)
- P(S|
F)
- P(F|
L)
- P(F ∪
L)
- P(M ∩
S)
- P(F)
3.
P(N) = 1542
= 514
= 0.36
5.
P(C) = 542
= 0.12
7.
P(G) = 20150
= 215
= 0.13
9.
P(R) = 22150
= 1175
= 0.15
11.
P(O) = 150−22−38−20−28−26150
= 16150
= 875
= 0.11
13.
P(E) = 47194
= 0.24
15.
P(N) = 23194
= 0.12
17.
P(S) = 12194
= 697
= 0.06
19.
1352
= 14
= 0.25
21.
36
= 12
= 0.5
23.
P(R)=48=0.5
25.
P(O ∪
H)
27.
P(H|
I)
29.
P(N|
O)
31.
P(I ∪
N)
33.
P(I)
37.
1
41.
P(J) = 0.3
43.
P(Q∩R)=P(Q)P(R)
0.1 = (0.4)P(R)
P(R) = 0.25
45.
0.376
47.
C|
L means, given the person chosen is a Latino Californian, the person is a registered voter who prefers life in prison without parole for a person convicted of first degree murder.
49.
L ∩
C is the event that the person chosen is a Latino California registered voter who prefers life without parole over the death penalty for a person convicted of first degree murder.
51.
0.6492
53.
No, because P(L ∩
C) does not equal 0.
55.
P(musician is a male ∩
had private instruction) = 15130
= 326
= 0.12
57.
The events are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to be a female musician who learned music in school.
58.
60.
35,065100,450
62.
To pick one person from the study who is Japanese American AND smokes 21 to 30 cigarettes per day means that the person has to meet both criteria: both Japanese American and smokes 21 to 30 cigarettes. The sample space should include everyone in the study. The probability is 4,715100,450
.
64.
To pick one person from the study who is Japanese American given that person smokes 21-30 cigarettes per day, means that the person must fulfill both criteria and the sample space is reduced to those who smoke 21-30 cigarettes per day. The probability is 471515,273
.
66.
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Figure 3.22
- P(GG) = (58)(58)
= 2564
- P(at least one green) = P(GG) + P(GY) + P(YG) = 2564
+ 1564
+ 1564
= 5564
- P(G|
G) = 58
- Yes, they are independent because the first card is placed back in the bag before the second card is drawn; the composition of cards in the bag remains the same from draw one to draw two.
68.
-
<20 20–64 >64 Totals Female 0.0244 0.3954 0.0661 0.486 Male 0.0259 0.4186 0.0695 0.514 Totals 0.0503 0.8140 0.1356 1 Table 3.22 - P(F) = 0.486
- P(>64 |
F) = 0.1361
- P(>64 and F) = P(F) P(>64|F) = (0.486)(0.1361) = 0.0661
- P(>64 |
F) is the percentage of female drivers who are 65 or older and P(>64 ∩
F) is the percentage of drivers who are female and 65 or older.
- P(>64) = P(>64 ∩
F) + P(>64 ∩
M) = 0.1356
- No, being female and 65 or older are not mutually exclusive because they can occur at the same time P(>64 ∩
F) = 0.0661.