Chapter 4: Q. 38 (page 285)
Use the following information to answer the next eight exercises: The Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA collected data from
The binomial distribution is
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The state health board is concerned about the amount of fruit available in school lunches. Forty-eight percent of schools in the state offer fruit in their lunches every day. This implies that 52% do not. What would a "success" be in this case?
Use the following information to answer the next six exercises: On average, a clothing store gets
What is the probability that the store will have more than
Find the probability that Javier volunteers for less than three events each month.
For the given values of the random variable X, fill in the corresponding probabilities
There are two similar games played for Chinese New Year and Vietnamese New Year. In the Chinese version, fair dice with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are used, along with a board with those numbers. In the Vietnamese version, fair dice with pictures of a gourd, fish, rooster, crab, crayfish, and deer are used. The board has those six objects on it, also. We will play with bets being
a. In words, define the random variable X.
b. List the values that X may take on.
c. Give the distribution of X. X ~ _____(_____,_____)
d. List the values that Y may take on. Then, construct one PDF table that includes both X and Y and their probabilities.
e. Calculate the average expected matches over the long run of playing this game for the player.
f. Calculate the average expected earnings over the long run of playing this game for the player
g. Determine who has the advantage, the player or the house.
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