Solve the following problems, showing your work:

1.     In a poll, respondents were asked whether they had ever been in a car accident. 177 respondents indicated that they had been in a car accident and 107 respondents said that they had not been in a car accident. If one of these respondents is randomly selected, what is the probability of getting someone who has been in a car accident?

2.     The data set represents the income levels of the members of a country club. Find the probability that a randomly selected member earns at least $102,000 

INCOME (Thousands of dollars)

108   128     82   138    85   108    88    76   158   208

  79     98   148    85   128   118    88   168    73   118

3.     In a certain class of students, there are 13 boys from Wilmette, 3 girls from Kenilworth, 11 girls from Wilmette, 6 boys from Glencoe, 5 boys from Kenilworth and 6 girls from Glencoe. If the teacher calls upon a student to answer a question, what is the probability that the student will be from Kenilworth?

4.     Find the probability of correctly answering the first 2 questions on a multiple choice test if random guesses are made and each question has 4 possible answers.

 

5.     Of 1906 people who came into a blood bank to give blood, 300 people had high blood pressure. Estimate the probability that the next person who comes in to give blood will have high blood pressure.

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