A company submits tenders for jobs. It is thought that the probability that any particular contract will be awarded is 0.17 independently of each other. Suppose that the company submits tenders for 5 jobs. What is the probability that more than one contract is awarded ?

Q: There are 9 black balls and 9 red balls in an urn. If 3 balls are drawn without replacement, what is…

A: It is given that Number of black balls = 9 Number of red balls = 9 Total = 18

Q: What is the probability that two or more people in a party with 20 people will have the same…

A: Number of people in the party = 20

Q: Six persons are to be seated in a row. What is the probability that two particular persons sit next…

A: Given: Six persons are seated in a row.

Q: If a poker hand of 5 cards is drown from a deck of 52 cards what is the probability that it will…

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Q: There is a product that is defective with a probability of 0.03. They are sold in packages of 12.…

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Q: b. A life insurance salesman sells on average 4 life insurance policies per week. i. Find the…

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Q: if a single die is rolled, what is the probability of it rolling on a number less than 2

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Q: Suppose we flip a fair coin 50 times. What upper bound does Chebyshev's Theorem give for the…

A: Chebyshev's Theorem estimates the minimum proportion of observations that fall within a specified…

Q: Two cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement. What is the probability that both…

A: total no.of cards=52no. of cards greater than 5 and less than 8 is (6,7)=2

Q: Compute the probability that a five-card poker hand is dealt to you that contains 4 Aces.

A: Obtain the probability that a five-card poker hand is dealt to you that contains 4 Aces.   The…

Q: If the probability that your DVD player breaks down before the extended warranty expires is 0.046​,…

A: Let 'E' be the event representing that the DVD player breaks down before the extended warranty…

Q: The probability that an individual commutes to work by car is 0.9. What is the probability that ten…

A: Given data: The given probability that individual commutes to work by car is p=0.9. The total…

Q: Suppose you roll a 9-sided fair die until you roll a "1".  What is the probability that this takes…

A: Given that, We are rolling 9 sided side  Probablity of getting 1 is 1/9 Then probablity of getting…

Q: A box contains 8 red balls and 7 black balls. If 2 balls are drawn in a row without returning, what…

A: Probability: It is a method for knowing the possible chances of an incident occurring. For example,…

Q: Two cards are drawn without replacement from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the…

A: From the provided information, Total cards in standard deck = 52 Total spade cards = 13

Q: Mrs. Cruz has three daughters-in-law who are about to give birth. All of them have no idea as to the…

A: Given data: Mrs. Cruz has three daughters-in-law who are about to give birth. All of them have no…

Q: What is the probability that in four births exactly two girls will be born?

A: probability mass function of B.D is = f ( k ) = ( n  k ) p^k * ( 1- p) ^ n-kwhere       k = number…

Q: If you pick a card from a regular deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of getting a club 3…

A: INTRODUCTION Probability is the measure of how likely something is to occur. It is expressed…

Q: SUPPOSE THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF SIX TELEVISIONS AND TWO  ARE DEFECTIVE. . IF TWO…

A: Given: Number of defective= 2 Total =6

Q: Suppose that there are five corporations competing for six different contracts. If the contracts are…

A: Basic concepts of probability are used.

Q: The probability that a newly matriculated student will not get to the second year of their studies…

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Q: What is the probability that the sum is 2 or at least one die shows a 6 in rolling a pair of dice?

A: When rolling a pair of dice the probability that the sum is 2 is: There is only one case for it to…

Q: 2. You have created a 6-digit password for your computer. Your brother tries to break in to your…

A: Given that you have created a 6-digit password for your computer. Your brother tries to break in to…

Q: What is probability that two randomly selected people are born on the different weekdays?

A: It is given that two randomly selected people are born on the different weekdays.

Q: Suppose that a family has 7 children.​ Also, suppose that the probability of having a girl is 1/2.…

A: From the given information,Number of children, n=7And probability of girl, P=1/2=0.5.Here, we can…

Q: Find the probability that in a given year, there will be less than 3 accidents

A: Let X denote the number of accidents per year. It is given that Number of accidents per month = 4,…

Q: If the probability of being hospitalized during a year is 0.25. Find the probability that no one is…

A: X has binomial distribution. X~binomial(n,p)n=3p=0.25probability mass function of X;…

Q: A fair 2-sided coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability that the coin lands on tails once?

A: A fair 2- sided coin is tossed 3 times. then sample space(S); S={HHH,HHT,HTH,THH,TTH,THT,HTT,TTT}…

Q: What is the probability that a hand of 4 cards contains exactly 3 cards that are the same suit?

A: We have to find given probability ...

Q: What is the probability that if 15 letters are typed, no letters are repeated?

A: From the provided information, 15 letters are typed. Total letters in alphabet = 26

Q: Suppose there are 87 red balls and 86 yellow balls in a box. Two balls are drawn from the box…

A: Probability: Probability of an event is the number of outcomes favorable to the event, divided by…

Q: Suppose there is an average of one error per ten pages in each book published by a particular…

A: (1)   Let us define the random variable Y as the of number of errors and follows Poisson…