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An ordinary (fair) coin is tossed 3 times.
Outcomes
are thus triples of "heads" () and "tails" (
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, etc. For each outcome, let
be the
random variable
counting the number of tails in each outcome. For example, if the outcome is
, then
. Suppose that the random variable
is defined in terms of
as follows:
. The values of
are thus:
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An employer interviews people for
customer service positions in a company, and
of the
people are women. If all
are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill the customer service positions if exactly
is a woman?
A fair die is rolled times. What is the probability of having no
and no
among the rolls? Round your answer to three decimal places.
Anita's, a fast-food chain specializing in hot dogs and garlic fries, keeps track of the proportion of its customers who decide to eat in the restaurant (as opposed to ordering the food "to go"), so it can make decisions regarding the possible construction of in-store play areas, the attendance of its mascot Sammy at the franchise locations, and so on. Anita's reports that Round your response to at least three decimal places. |
An urn contains black and
red balls. Five balls are randomly drawn from the urn in succession, with replacement. That is, after each draw, the selected ball is returned to the urn. What is the probability that all
balls drawn from the urn are red? Round your answer to three decimal places.
At a certain fast-food restaurant, % of customers order a chicken sandwich,
% of customers order french fries, and
% of customers order a chicken sandwich or french fries (or both items). What is the probability that a randomly selected customer will order both a chicken sandwich and french fries?
Write your answer as a decimal (not as a percentage).