1. A basketball player has a 70% free-throw shooting percentage. What is the probability that it takes him exactly 3 attempts to make his first successful free throw?

Q: Find the exact probability that you get sum of 10 when two die are tossed

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A: Poisson Distribution: A discrete random variable X is said to be Poisson distribution and the…

Q: A hacker is trying to guess someone's password. The hacker knows (somehow) that the password is 5…

A: Given that each digit could be a number between 0 and 4.  So for each digit we have 5 choices.…

Q: Suppose that the probability of getting a job for a person is ( x / 3 ) . If the probability of not…

A: Given, The probability of getting the job is =x/3 The probability of not getting the job is = 2/3

Q: The probability of winning on an arcade game is 0.711. If you play the arcade game 18 times, what is…

A: Binomial distribution:The events that has exactly two possible outcomes (success or failure) follows…

Q: The probability of a fair coin landing heads-up in one toss is 1/2. If a coin is tossed 20 times,…

A: Given that, the probability of a fair coin landing heads-up in one toss is 1/2. We need to find the…

Q: Fast experience shows that the probability of a sixty year old man will alive within sixty year is…

A: The probability of a sixty year old man will alive within sixty year is 23, then the probability of…

Q: A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Find the probability of tossing 3 tails in a row,  answer as a…

A: Let H denote heads Let T denote tails Let S be sample set   S={ HHH, HHT, HTH, THH,       TTT, TTH,…

Q: Find the probability of choosing two numbers from 0 to 1 such that sum of their square is less than…

A: Formula: Probabolity=(no of  possible out come/Total no of out come)

Q: A negative z-value implies a negative probability

A: Z~N(μ=0, σ2=1)

Q: The average number of errors due to bug in a minute iw 0.0001. (a) Show the probability that no…

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Q: The probability is 0.0651 that the 4th applicant for a factory job will be hired on the 10th…

A: Given that, the probability is 0.0651 that the 4th applicant for a factory job will be hired on the…

Q: Every day, Jorge buys a lottery ticket. Each ticket has a probability of 0.2 of winning a prize.…

A: Given that the probability of winning a prize is p = 0.2. Let, X = Number of prizes won by Jorge…

Q: The probability that you will receive a wrong number call this week is 0.1. The probability that you…

A: From the provided information, Let A represent the event that he will receive a wrong number call…

Q: The probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than 6 is

A: Since , the coin is tossed and right-sided die numbered 1 through 8 is rolled. Our aim is to find…

Q: 5. Basically, 5 motorcycles use the road in MFU in every hour. If you are standing at the front of…

A: Given : Average number of motorcycles using the road in one hour, λ = 5 Let X represents the number…

Q: On average, a textbook author makes two words processing errors per page on the first draft of her…

A: Let X be the number of errors made in one page. Then X has a poisson distribution with λ=2 per…

Q: Take problem of your choice: Calculate Hypothesis Testing in Statistics and probability. Find all…

A: The average SAT score given by university students is 123 with a standard deviation of 16. However,…

Q: Benford's Law claims that numbers chosen from very large data files tend to have "1" as the first…

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Q: What is the probability that 5 particles enter the counter in any given millisecond?

A: Let X denote the number of particles passing through a counter in 1 millisecond.

Q: A student can solve mathematics problems at a rate of one problem per four minutes. Assume that the…

A: The Poisson probability distribution of random variable X is, PX=x=e-λλxx!;      x=0,1,2,… In the…

Q: Gregory buys a bag of cookies that contains 7 chocolate chip cookies, 5 peanut butter cookies, 8…

A: We  have given the following   7 chocolate chip cookies,  5 peanut butter cookies  8 sugar cookies,…

Q: Suppose a gambler wins P50 if the sum of dots in a toss of a pair of fair dice is either 7 or 11,…

A: When tossing a pair of fair dice, the outcomes are, The outcomes for the sum 7 are (1, 6), (2, 5),…

Q: How can we compare the probability value with the α level?

A: The comparison of the probability value (p-value) with the α level is based on the decision rule of…

Q: What are the rules for deteriming significant digits?

A: The rules for determining significant digits are:1. All non-zero numbers are significant   eg: The…

Q: The probability that the life of a bulb is 100 days is 0.05. Find the probability that one of 6…

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Q: For example S(x) = (0,1)(100-x)¹/² for 0 ≤ x ≤ 100. Count a) The probability that a person aged 30…

A: Given,  Sx=0.1×100-x12  for  0≤x≤100

Q: If two dice are rolled one time, find the probability of getting a sum less than 9.5

A: We want to find the probability

Q: What is the probability that you get at least one 3 to show from 100 roll

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Q: how do we know when to use probability formulas such as p(x)=1-P? what are the other formulas?

A: Probability means possible results It is ratio of favorable outcomes and total outcomes.  Simple…

Q: the probability of passing the course without studying is 0.2 if we assume that the given…

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Q: express the event "taking atleast 16 credits" in terms of X and find its probability

A: The table shows the probability distribution for the random variable.