From a bag of mixed flower seeds, 12 flowers are planted. Each flower, independently, has a 1/7 chance of being yellow, a 2/7 chance of being white, and a 4/7 chance of being red. What is the probability that when the flowers grow, there are 4 yellow, 4 white, and 4 red flowers?

From a bag of mixed flower seeds, 12 flowers are planted. Each flower, independently, has a 1/7 chance of being yellow, a 2/7 chance of being white, and a 4/7 chance of being red. What is the probability that when the flowers grow, there are 4 yellow, 4 white, and 4 red flowers?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: A jar contains three different colored seeds, 23 brown seeds, 14 green seeds, and 5 yellow seeds. If…

A: A jar contains three different colored seeds, 23 brown seeds, 14 green seeds, and 5 yellow seeds…

Q: A box contains 12 chocolates: 5 dark chocolates, 4 milk chocolates, and 3 white chocolates. If two…

Q: A gumball dispenser has 38 orange gumballs, 30 purple ones, and 18 yellow ones. The dispenser…

A: Given data There are 38 orange gum balls 30 purple gum balls 18 yellow ones.

Q: If 14% of active duty soldiers in the U.S. Army are women, find the probability that if four…

A: Let X represent the random variable n=4 p=0.14 X~ Binomial (4, 0.14)

Q: A college has a population that is 39.6% female and 60.4% male. If 5 students are picked at random…

Q: In a family with 7children, excluding multiple births, what is the probability of having7 girls?…

A: total no.of possible outcomes of a family having a 7 children iss=27s=128

Q: A club of 25 people consists of 12 men and 13 women. A team of 9 is randomly selected from the club.…

Q: In a family with 7 children, excluding multiple births, what is the probability of having 4…

A: The objective of this question is to find the probability of a family with 7 children having 4 boys…

Q: A jar contains 12 marbles: four red, five blue, and three orange. If you pull three marbles without…

Q: In a large population, 68% of the people have been vaccinated and you select 3 people, how do get…

A: The objective of this question is to find the probability that all three people selected from a…

Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 75% chance of growing into a healthy plant.If 12 seeds are planted,…

A: The objective of this question is to find the probability that exactly 2 out of 12 seeds do not grow…

Q: A monk crossbred plants, which can have purple or white flowers, and obtained 686 plants with white…

A: Given, Total number of flowers =686 Plants with white flowers plants with purple flowers =1076…

Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 85% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 7 seeds are planted,…

Q: You have a box of chocolates that contains 53 pieces of which 33 are solid chocolate, 16 are filled…

A: Here, we have 33 solid chocolate piece,16 filled with cashews and 4 filled with cherries. We have a…

Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 70% chance of growing into a healthy plant.

A: Given that the 70% chance of growing into a healthy plant. P(growing a plant)=0.70 P(not…

Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 60% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 7 seeds are planted,…

A: Let X= the number of seeds that grow into a healthy plant n=number of trials=7 p=probability of…

Q: about 38% of the population have blood type-O positive. If you randomly choose 4 people, what is the…

A: It is given that p = 0.38 and n = 4. The probability mass function of the binomial distribution is…

Q: When spinning a spinner, there is an equal chance of landing on orange, green, yellow, red, and…

A: when spinning a spinner, there is an equal chance of landing on orange,green,yellow,red and…

Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 90% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 12 seeds are planted,…

A: Given that if a seed is planted, the chance of growing into a healthy plant is 90%.

Q: A jar has 6 orange marbles and 10 red marbles. What is the probability of drawing two orange marbles…

A: We have given that A jar has 6 orange marbles and 10 red marbles. Total number of marbles = 16

Q: The first box contains 3 black and 6 white cards. The second box contains 4 black and 3 white cards.…

A: It is given that there are 3 black and 6 white cards in box 1 and 4 black and 3 white cards in box…

Q: f a seed is planted, it has a 75% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 12 seeds are planted,…

A: Probability of growing into a healthy plant when a seed is planted=0.75Sample size(n)=12

Q: adrian has 5 keys on a key chain and one of the keys is used to unlock his office door. if adrian…

Q: The probability that a house in an urban area will be burglarized is 6%. If 47 houses are randomly…

Q: Nasa needs to select a 7 person crew for a space mission from 43 applicants of whom are 21 women.…

A: Given data: the total numbers of applicants are n=43. The numbers of persons selected for space…

Q: If a seed is planted, it has a 95% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 7 seeds are planted,…

A: The probability that the plant doesn't grow into a healthy plant (p) .

Q: Kiara sets up a passcode on her smart phone, which allows for 7 digits. She was informed that using…

A: Given: A smartphone allows 7 digits password she is a digit twice makes the phone more secure.

Q: A club of 19 people consists of 9 men and 10 women. A team of 9 is randomly selected from the club.…

A: We have to find given probability.

Q: A bag contains 5 red smileys, 6 yellow smileys and 3 green smileys. If two smileys are picked at…

Q: Paul has 6 black pens, 3 red pens, and 14 pencils in his desk drawer if he reaches into his desk…

A: 6 black pens3 red pens14 pencils __________23 total itemsselect one at random. P(grab a pen) = ?

Q: A bag of Skittle’s contains 14 red, 16 yellow, 8 green, and 12 orange Skittle’s. What is the…

A: Total skittle's in bag: 50 Let D be the chance that randomly selected candy is orange:…

Q: The Dallas Mavericks play the Oklahoma City Thunder in a best of 7 game NBA playoff series. If the…

A: The given scenario follows binomial distribution with n=7 and p=0.40.

Q: Angelina buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 7 peanut butter cookies, 4…

Q: If 4% of the passengers traveling to San Francisco have their luggage lost, what is the probability…

A: given data P(luggage lost) = p = 0.04 n = 150 peoples x = no. of people lost their luggage P(x≥5)…

Q: In a blood testing procedure, blood samples from 4 people are combined into one mixture. The mixture…

A: Obtain the probability that mixture will test positive. The probability that that mixture will…

Q: Jimmy has a a three sectioned box filled with 45 marbles total. What is the probability of the…

A: Assuming that the marbles are identical. The total number of ways in which we can fill the three…

Q: Samir has a big bag of wooden blocks in assorted shapes. He randomly picks a block from the bag,…

A: In this case, the total number of trials is the total number of times Samir picked a block from the…

Q: A shipment of 7 microwave ovens contains 2 defective units. A restaurant buys four of these units.…

A: Given information- Total no. of microwave N = 7 Number of defective units k = 2 So, Number of…

Question

Video Video

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1: Given information :

VIEW

Step 2: Finding probability value :

VIEW

Solution

VIEW

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 7 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

A bag contains 3 mint chocolates, and 4 cherry chocolates. After two chocolates are removed, what is the greatest possible probability of picking a cherry chocolate?
A club of 17 people consists of 9 men and 8 women. A team of 10 is randomly selected from the club. How would I get the probability for the team that consists of 5 men and 5 women.
A pharmacist receives a shipment of 2121 bottles of a drug and has 44 of the bottles tested. If 66 of the 2121 bottles are contaminated, what is the probability that less than 33 of the tested bottles are contaminated?
If a seed is planted, it has a 80% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 6 seeds are planted, what is the probability that exactly 2 don't grow?
Among a student group 51% use Google Chrome, 20% Internet Explorer, 10% Firefox, 5% Mozilla, and the rest use Safari. What is the probability that you need to pick 7 students to find 2 students using Google Chrome? Report answer to 3 decimals.
If a seed is planted, it has a 90% chance of growing into a healthy plant. If 7 seeds are planted, what is the probability that exactly 2 don't grow?
A circle of friends consist of 10 individuals. 3 of them likes chocolate, 2 likes strawberry and 5 likes vanilla. what is the probability of randomly selecting 6 friends in the following manner: 1 likes chocolate, 2 likes strawberry and 3 likes vanilla?
The Math teacher gave the class a set of 12 review problems and toldthem that the midterm exam would consist of 6 of the 12 problems selected at random.If Ana memorized the solutions to 8 of the 12 problems but could not solve any ofthe other 4 problems, what is the probability that she got 4 or more problems correctin the exam?
A lock consists of 3 dials, where each dial has 4 letters. What is the probability of guessing the right combination in one try? Kay has an 80% probability of making a free-throw in basketball, and each free-throw is independent. Kay gets to take 2 free-throws and must make both to win the game. What is the probability that Kay's team will win the game? Two owners of a cattle ranch, Jo and Val, want to find the average weight for the ranch’s 200 cows. Instead of weighing all of the cows: Jo weighs 25 cows and gets an average weight of 1,350 pounds (stdev 50) Val weighs 100 cows and gets an average weight of 1,420 pounds (stdev 50) What is Jo’s margin of error, rounded to the nearest whole number? (The formula is )
A spinner has 3 possible outcomes: red, blue, and green. The probability the spinner lands on red is 0.20. If the spinner is spun 5 times, what is the probability it lands on red exactly three times?
A bag contains eight balls: 3 red, 3 green, and 2 blue. You sample three balls without replacement. What is the probability that you get a red ball, then a green ball, then a blue ball?
A committee of three people is to be randomly selected from a group of 20 men and 17 women. What is the probability that all three people will be women?