A) Mail Delivery A local postal carrier distributes first-class letters, advertisements, and magazines. For a certain day, she distributed the following numbers of each type of item. Delivered to First-class letters Ads Magazines Home 300 380 175 Business 710 1000 80 If an item of mail is selected at random, find the probability for the following. Round your answers to at least three decimal places.   P (the item went to a home) =       B) The frequency distribution shown here illustrates the number of medical tests conducted on 44 randomly selected emergency patients.   Number of tests performed Number of patients 0 14 1 11 2 4 3 6 4 or more 9   If a patient is selected at random, find the probability for the following. Enter your answers as fractions or as decimals rounded to 3 decimal places   P (patient has had exactly 2 tests done)=     C) If one card is drawn from an ordinary deck of cards, find the probability of getting the following. Enter your answers as fractions or as decimals rounded to 3 decimal places.   P (heart or spade or diamond) =

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A) Mail Delivery A local postal carrier distributes first-class letters, advertisements, and magazines. For a certain day, she distributed the following numbers of each type of item.


Delivered to
First-class letters
Ads

Magazines
Home
300
380
175
Business
710
1000
80

If an item of mail is selected at random, find the probability for the following. Round your answers to at least three decimal places.

 
P (the item went to a home) =
 
 
 
B) The frequency distribution shown here illustrates the number of medical tests conducted on 44 randomly selected emergency patients.

 

Number of tests performed Number of patients
0
14
1
11
2
4
3
6
4 or more
9
 

If a patient is selected at random, find the probability for the following. Enter your answers as fractions or as decimals rounded to 3 decimal places

 
P (patient has had exactly 2 tests done)=
 
 
C) If one card is drawn from an ordinary deck of cards, find the probability of getting the following.

Enter your answers as fractions or as decimals rounded to 3 decimal places.

 
P (heart or spade or diamond)
=
 

 

 

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