Math 1324

Test 4 Formula Sheet

P( E  F )  P( E )  P( F )  P( E  F )
P( A  B)
P( A | B) 
P( B)
P( A  B)  P( B)  P( A | B)

Given A and B are independent P ( A  B )  P ( A)  P ( B )

E ( X )  x1 p1  x2 p2  ...  xn pn

P( E )
P( E c )

P( E c )
P( E )

If the odds in favor of an event E occurring are a to b, then the probability of E occurring
is
a
P( E ) 
ab
Var ( X )  p1 ( x1   )  p2 ( x2   )  ...  pn ( xn   ) 2
2 2

  Var ( X )

1
P (   k  X    k )  1  .
k2

P ( X  x )  C ( n, x ) p x q n  x

  np
Var ( X )  npq
  Var ( X )

 b
P(X < b) = P Z  
  
 a
P(X > a) = P Z  
  
a b
P(a < X < b) = P Z 
   
1
P ( Z  z )  1  P ( z  Z  z )
2
1) Let P  F   0.29 , P  E  F   0.15 , and P  F  E C   0.83 . Find P  E | F C  .

a) 0.2394
b) 0.5862
c) 0.4688
d) 0.5172
e) 0.2113
f) None of the above.

2) A survey questioned 1,000 high school students. The survey revealed that 48% are honor roll
students. Of those who are honor roll students, 45% play sports in school and 21% of those that
are not honor roll students, don't play sports. What is the probability that a high school student
selected at random plays sports in school?

a) 0.0281
b) 0.6268
c) 0.4500
d) 0.7900
e) 0.8064
f) None of the above.

3) One of two small restaurants is chosen at random with equally likely probability, and then an
employee is chosen at random from the chosen restaurant. Restaurant #1 has 9 full-timers and 6
part-timers. Restaurant #2 has 7 full-timers and 13 part-timers. What is the probability that
Restaurant #1 was chosen at random, given that a full-time employee was chosen? Your answers
should be rounded to 4 digits after the decimal.

a) 0.3684
b) 0.6000
c) 0.2100
d) 0.6316
e) 0.3000
f) None of the above.
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4) A local U-Move moving truck rental company provides the following probability distribution
regarding the number of rental trucks that will be rented in a given week. Find the number of
rental trucks the company can expect to rent during a given week.

Number of
Probability
Rented Trucks
0 0.20
1 0.11
4 0.27
5 0.42

a) 0.8225
b) 2.4000
c) 3.2900
d) 0.7950
e) 3.1800
f) None of the above.

5) Find the variance of a random variable X having the following probability distribution. The
random variable X has expected value E  X   1.2 .

x P(X = x)
-4 0.6
0 0.2
6 0.2

Your answer should be rounded to 4 digits after the decimal.

a) 4.9920
b) 15.3600
c) 26.8800
d) 15.0720
e) 10.6560
f) None of the above.
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6) The probability that a trapeze artist will have a perfect performance during a given event is
0.31. What are the odds he will have a perfect performance during a given event?

a) 69 : 31
b) 31 : 69
c) 2.2258
d) 0.6900
e) 0.31 : 69
f) None of the above.

7) The expected lifetime of a television is 15 years with a standard deviation of 3. Use

a) 0.8283
b) 0.1146
c) 0.8163
d) 0.1836
e) 0.9083
f) None of the above.

8) Consider the following binomial experiment. The probability that a child in a certain age
group will get the chicken pox is 0.77. Find the probability that among 7 children in this certain
age group all of them will get the chicken pox.

a) 0.3542
b) 0.8229
c) 0.6458
d) 0.1771
e) 0.1605
f) None of the above.

9) Consider the following binomial experiment. A company owns 4 machines. The probability
that on a given day any one machine will break down is 0.53. What is the probability that at least
2 machines will break down on a given day?

a) 0.6522
b) 0.7311
c) 0.0157
d) 0.5212
e) 0.3318
f) None of the above.
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10) Consider the following binomial experiment. A popular female running for head cheerleader
at her high school claims that 89% of the student body will vote for her. If there are 2,900
students in the student body and all will vote, what is the standard deviation of the number of
students who will vote for her?

a) 2,581
b) 283.91
c) 16.85
d) 25.81
e) 3.19
f) None of the above.

11) Let Z be a standard normal variable. Find P  Z  2.19  .

a) 0.0231
b) 0.0118
c) 0.9857
d) 0.0143
e) 0.0179
f) None of the above.

12) Let Z be a standard normal variable. Find the value of z if z satisfies P  Z  z   0.9147 .

a) 1.34
b) 1.37
c) 1.39
d) 1.40
e) 1.38
f) None of the above.

13) The lengths of infants at birth in a certain hospital are normally distributed with a mean of 18
inches and a standard deviation of 2.2 inches. Find the probability that an infant selected at
random from this hospital measures between 16 and 21 inches.

a) 0.7290
b) 0.7247
c) 0.7317
d) 0.7191
e) 0.7301
f) None of the above.
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14) Use the normal distribution to approximate the following binomial distribution. A soccer
player has a 65% chance of making a free kick. What is the probability of him making fewer
than 24 free kicks in 40 kicks?

a) 0.2546
b) 0.2119
c) 0.2033
d) 0.3085
e) 0.1611
f) None of the above.