There are 2000 autos, 4000 taxis, and 6000 buses in a city. A person can choose any one of these to go from one place to other. The probabilities of an accident involving an auto, taxi, or bus are 0.01, 0.03, and 0.15, respectively. Given that the person met with an accident, what is the probability that he chose an auto?

Q: a social gathering, there are 21 men, 25 women, 10 boys and 12 girls. If you randomly choose

A: Probability = Number of favourable outcome/ Total number of outcomes

Q: In a certain community, 16% of the families own a dog, and 25% of the families that own a dog also…

A: Given: Probability family owns a dog, P(D)= 0.16 Probability family owns a cat, P(C)= 0.34 The…

Q: Let A represent cat ownership and B represent dog ownership. Suppose 35% of households in a…

A: Conditional probability is an important concept in probability theory that involves calculating the…

Q: Suppose that 54% of people own dogs. If you pick two people at random, what is the probability that…

A: Given, 54% of the people own dog.That is

Q: At a dog show, there are 26 tickets in a raffle cup for the basket I want (including mine).  What is…

A: The total number of tickets are 26 and only one ticket per person in the cup is allowed.

Q: You have 10 hats: 3 baseball hats, 2 cowboy hats, and the remaining are beach hats. You also have 3…

A: The objective of this question is to find the probability of choosing a beach hat and a white shirt…

Q: A bag contains jelly beans of various colors. In the bag, 26% of the jelly beans are red, 20% are…

A: GivenThe proportion of red jelly beans =0.26The proportion of black jelly beans =0.20The proportion…

Q: In a certain town 90% of the people believe in global warming; 10% of the people do not. What is the…

A: The probability mass function of binomial distribution is given below:

Q: In a large city there are an average of 02 fires per year. What is the probability that next year…

A: Solution: Let X be the number of fires per year. From the given information, average number of fires…

Q: A group consists of 10 girls and 8 boys. They are to sit sit side by side on a bench. What is the…

A: Given that there are 10 girls and 8 boys. So total (10+8)=18 girls and boys. So 18 persons can be…

Q: A golf ball is selected at random from a golf bag. If the golf bag contains 6 type A​ balls, 4 type…

A: Total number of balls=6+4+3=13

Q: If you select one card at random from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that the…

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Q: In a group of 25 boys, 20 play basketball and 17 play baseball. They all play at least one of the…

A: Let, A=basketball B=baseball Given that: n(A)=20 n(B)=17 n(A or B)=25 So, n(A and B)=n(A)+n(B) - n(A…

Q: On a grocery store shelf, there are 16 loaves of white bread and 15 loaves of wheat bread. A shopper…

A: The objective of this question is to find the probability that a shopper randomly selects a loaf of…

Q: A jar contains 20 berries, 14 sweet and 6 sour. If you pick a berry at random, what is the…

A: Given that, A jar contains 20 berries 14 sweet and 6 sour.

Q: ocal university has a student population that is 57% male. 64% of the students are undergraduates;…

A: In probability theory, an event is an outcome or a set of outcomes of a random experiment to which a…

Q: Suppose that 85% of people are voting in the election. If you pick two people at random, what is the…

A: Obtain the probability that they both are voting in the election.   The probability that they both…

Q: In a class of 30 students, 12 students play basketball and 18 students play football. If 6 students…

A: Ans: - Given, a class of 30 students,         12 students play basketball and 18 students play…

Q: In a certain high school, 11% of the students like math, while 18% of the students like chemistry.…

A: 0.0198 x 100= 1.98%

Q: If the publisher sells magazines to 70 people out of 300 contacted. What would be the probab

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Q: A group consists of 10 girls and 8 boys. They are to sit sit side by side on a bench. What is the…

A: Given that there are 10 girls and 8 boys. So total (10+8)=18 girls and boys. So 18 persons can be…

Q: Suppose that 53% of people own dogs. If you pick two people at random, what is the probability that…

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Q: If you have a drawer that holds 5 black t-shirts, 10 blue t-shirts, and 7 white t-shirts, what is…

A: Solution: It is given that a drawer holds: 5 black t-shirts 10 blue t-shirts 7 white t-shirts…

Q: If Mrs. Hiatt chooses two students, what is the probability that Emily will not be one of them?

A: Mrs. Hiatt puts the names of all 15 of her second period students on popsicle sticks and places them…

Q: The athletic department of a school has 16 full time coaches, and 4 of them are female. The director…

A: According to the combination rule, if r distinct items are to be chosen from n items without…

Q: in a given week a veterinarian treated 50 dogs 40 cats 10 birds 20 rabbits. Whats the probability…

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Q: In a certain community, 36 percent of families own a dog, and 30 percent of families own a cat. What…

A: A = families own a dog B= families own a cat  P(A)=36%=0.36 P(B)=30%=0.30

Q: A family has three children. It is known that they have at least one girl, what is the probability…

A: Given Information: A family has three children. It is known that they have at least one girl. To…