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QUESTIONS Question 1 A restaurant gets an average of 12 phone orders in a 2 hour time period. In order to find the probability that the restaurant will get exactly 2 phone orders in a 30 minute period… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 4 Assignment: Poisson Distribution

QUESTIONS Question 1 Identify the parameters p and n in the following binomial distribution scenario. The probability of winning an arcade game is 0.718 and the probability of losing is 0.282. If you play the arcade game 20 times,… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 4 Assignment: Binomial Distribution

QUESTIONS Question 1 A random sample of college students majoring in cinematography were surveyed about their movie habits. One question in the survey asked, “How many documentaries have you watched… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 4 Assignment: Discrete Probability

QUESTIONS Question 1 A group of 155 seniors at a local university were asked if they took an economics class and if they had an internship. The following table shows the results. Economics Class… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 3 Assignment: Contingency Tables for Probability

QUESTIONS Question 1 The probability that a student will take loans to pay for their undergraduate education is 0.85, and the probability that a student will go to graduate school given… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 3 Assignment: Multiplication Rules for Probability and the Fundamental Counting Principle

QUESTIONS Question 1 If A and B are events with P(A)=0.8, P(A OR B)=0.87, P(A AND B)=0.23, find P(B). Question 2 If A and B are events with P(A)=0.5, P(B)=0.3, P(A OR B)=0.67, find P(A AND B). Question 3 If a police officer pulls over someone for speeding, the police officer can either give a ticket… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 3 Assignment: Addition Rules for Probabilities

QUESTIONS Question 1 At a major international airport, passengers are questioned about their destination. Given Events A and B, are the two events mutually exclusive? Explain your answer. Event A: The passengers are traveling to Paris, France.… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 3 Assignment: Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events

QUESTIONS Question 1 Martin is a food critic reviewing a restaurant that has 6 main courses, 3 desserts, and 5 appetizers he has yet to try. Martin asks the server to surprise him with one of the… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 3 Assignment: Basic Probability

QUESTIONS Question 1 There are eight players on a basketball team. They are practicing their free throws by having each player shoot two free throws. The table below shows the… Read More »(Answer) MATH399N – Week 3 Assignment: Introduction to Probability in Statistics