Answered: What will be the probability that the…

Math

Statistics

What will be the probability that the second call to be answered on one particular day is his sixth call?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: Based on a recent study in a manufacturing company, 40% of employees older than 30 years own a car…

A: It is given that, 40% of employees older than 30 years own a car and a house.

Q: Find the probability that Rebecca's fish are: (i) both the same sex (ii) both female (iii) both…

A: i) If the both fish are to be same sex then both can be male or female: (715*614)+(815*714)…

Q: It has been determined that 5% of drivers checked at a road stop show traces of alcohol and 10% of…

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

Q: In any given year, a factory has a 20% probability of having a accident. About every how many hours…

A: The probability of having an accident is 20% for a given year.

Q: You take the Chunin exams today but your chances of passing depends on how the Hokage makes the…

A: Solution

Q: While sitting on a park bench, Tanisha counts that 16 out of 20 people who walk by her have a pet…

A: The objective of this question is to find the probability of two mutually exclusive events: a person…

Q: You will miss an important TV program while taking your statistics exam, so you set both your DVRs…

A: Given Data: P( First one records)=0.7 P( First one does not record)=1-0.7=0.3 P( Second one…

Q: Rob Lee knows that he can compete successfully in a single track mountain bike race unless he gets a…

A: Let F - getting a flat B - chain breaking P(F) = 0.3 P(B) = 0.05 P(F and B) = 0.01

Q: Trust Bank was opened across the street from the Bank of Texas (BoT) last year. They know that they…

A: Given that they assume 0.50 probability that the customer banked at truis or bot

Q: A master’s student, Mr Nkandimeng Ledwaba’s task this semester is to contact the Research Office…

A: For the given data Find What will be the probability that the second call to be answered on one…

Q: In some situations, one event effects or alters subsequent events. In other situations, events are…

A: Given that In an experiment, you are comparing the percentages of right-handed batter to…

Q: A survey on campus revealed that 61% of the students felt that a new attendance policy was unfair.…

A: The complement probability formula is, PA=1-PA A survey on campus revealed that 61% of the students…

Q: Question 7 A military target must be hit by a missile before troops can move in. The probability a…

Q: Duchess County, New York, has been experiencing a mean of 35.4 motor vehicle deaths each year (One…

A: Givenmean of 35.4 motor vehicle deaths each year for each day =35.4365 (since 1 year=365…

Q: What is the probability that a buyer who purchases a box of bullets and firearm gets a submachine…

A: Here Given Probability of Personnel purchase Pistol=P(P)=0.85 Probability of Personnel purchase…

Q: Color blindness has a rate of about 5% among males. If you pick a group of 15 males, what is the…

Q: A survey found that 32% of book buyers are younger than 40 years old. If 10 book buyers are…

A: It is given that n=10 and p=0.32.

Q: Each year, a company either makes a profit or takes a loss. If the company made a profit the year…

A: Let the 2 states of the transition matrix be Making profit and taking a loss. From the given…

Q: When you go grocery shopping, you take note of the color of the car that is parked next to you on…

Q: 13. 14% of the vehicles driven on a bridge are SUVS. Richard, a toll collector, counts the number of…

Q: Carlos is an oncologist with 9 patients in their care. The probability that a patient will survive 5…

A: Given : Carlos is an oncologist with 9 patients in their care. The probability that a patient will…

Q: Suppose a county's recent health report gives a pet allergy prevalence of 0.16 for kids. There is a…

A: Form the tree diagram, P(pet allergy status)=0.16Ppet allergy but test Negative=0.15P(No pet allergy…

Q: Standard and Poor's is a financial services company, that, among other things, gives credit ratings…

A: Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve the first three sub-parts…

Q: Example 3: Alexis is selling girl scout cookies. She has kept track of the number of boxes of…

A: a) b)what is the probability that a randomly selected customer will purchase 3 boxes of cookies…

Q: I hit two traffic lights on my way to work each morning. Both lights operate independently. The…

A: Let, Ri : i th traffic light is red , i=1, 2Rci : i th traffic light is not red , i=1, 2 P(R1∩R2)…

Q: Part 3 of 6 A new sample of 79 adults is drawn. Find the probability that more than 38% of the…

A: The proportion of U.S. adults with high blood pressure is 0.4, and a sample of 39 U.S. adults are…

Q: A friend is considering buying stock in TESLA, a car company focused on fuel-efficiency. If the Gas…

A: According to the given information,If the Gas Price goes down, the probability of TESLA stock price…

Q: An investment counselor calls with a hot stock tip. He believes that if the economy remains strong,…

A: The data is defined below as follows: From the information, given that Let X1 denotes the event…

Q: QUESTION 6 A box of sweets contains 17 chocolates and 15 dates. Fatima takes a sweet from the box at…

A: 6)Given a box of sweetsNo.of chocolates=17No.of dates=15

Q: You challenge your friend to an arm wrestling match consisting of a series of four rounds. From past…

A: Let X: no. of rounds win by friend out of 4 rounds This X is binomial random variable Probability…

Q: Apple produces about 300 iPads every hour at their factory in Silicon Valley. On average, about 2.5…

Q: Sammy the Seahawk is leading the Broward College (BC) Math Team in a competition against the…

A: Understanding Independent Events: Each round of the competition is an independent event because the…

Q: 1. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the following results from a study they…

A: Given information: Total number of American male adults sampled is, n = 154706. The contingency…

Q: It's known that 60 % of restaurant customers add sugar to the coffee and 50 % of restaurant…

A: 60% of the customers add sugar to the coffee, 50% add milk while 70% add at least one of the two…

Q: Diet Dr.Pepper is going old school and putting a "Free DP" notification under 10% of their 20-oz…

Q: QUESTION NO. 1 If 30% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine the probability…

A: For the given problems using binomial distribution

Question

A master’s student, Mr Adam's task this semester is to contact the
Research Office at the UCT for support for the university’s National
Research Fund (NRF). Studies conducted in South Africa and elsewhere, point out
that the probability that each of the his calls is answered is 1/3

. What will be the
probability that the second call to be answered on one particular day is his sixth call?

SHOW ALL STEPS

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

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

Your friend Phil, asks you what you think about a new scratch-off lottery game. It costs $10 to play this game, There are two outcomes for the game (win, lose) and the probability that a player wins a game is 60%. A win results in $15, for a net win of $5 ($15 minus the $10 paid to play). The probability distribution for x� (the amount of money a player wins or loses) in a single game is as follows:
On average dog bite victims arrive at Carver Memorial Hospital at a rate of 2 victims per day. Which probability distribution is most nearly appropriate to describe the number of dog bite victims who arrive at this hospital on a given day?
You are interested in the number of people that will visit your restaurant in the noon hour. Historically, there is a 10% chance that more than 10 customers will visit, a 30% chance that more than 8 customers will visit, a 50% chance that more than 6 customers will visit, a 80% chance that more than 4 customers will visit, and a 95% chance that at least 2 customers will visit during the noon hour. What is the probability that 4 or less customers will visit the restaurant -- the number required to break even financially for the day?Express your answer as a percent value. So if your answer is 100% for example, enter 100. Round your answer to the nearest percent.
Help me fast so that I will give Upvote.
The professor has taught basic statistics for several years. He knows that 80% of the students will finish the assigned problems. Also that among those who do their homework, 90% will pass the course. Among those who do not do their homework, 60% will pass the course. A student He took statistics last semester with the professor and passed. Which is the probability that you have completed your tasks?
Answer sub part D
part C and D
Birds arrive at a feeding table independently, at an average rate of six per hour. Find the probability that two birds will arrive in the next ten minutes.
In world cup soccer the probability that a soccer team makes a penalty kick goal is about 72.5%. If a team attempts five consecutive penalty kicks, what is the probability that they will make at least one of the five attempts
Thank you. I'm not sure about the result for the second question. What I'm having a hard time with is the probability that a total of 30 of the 546 crashes have occurred in the 48 time windows. My data shows that crashes occurred in 25 of these 48 time windows, with 3 in one of these and 2 in three others.
Give me right solution
A door-to-door salesman expects to make a sale 14% of the time when starting the day. But making a sale increases his enthusiasm so much that the probability of a sale to the next customer is 0.39. If he makes no sale, the probability for a sale to the next customer stays at 0.14. What is the probability that he will make at least two sales with his first three visits?