Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781337119917
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 26P

a.

To determine

Calculate the probability that all six professors are extroverts.

a.

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Answer to Problem 26P

The probability that all six professors are extroverts is 0.008.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

Let r follows a binomial distribution that represents the number of professors who are extroverts with success described as “extroverts” and failure described as “not extroverts”.

Total number of professors (or trials) n=6.

Probability of extrovert professors p=0.45.

Probability of non-extrovert professors (or failure) is calculated as given below:

q=10.45=0.55

Binomial probability:

The probability of r successes out of n trials is given below:

P(r)=Cn,rprqnr

Here, n is the number of trials, r is the number of successes, p is the probability of success, and q is the probability of failure.

The probability that all six professors are extroverts is calculated as given below:

P(6)=C6,6(0.45)6(0.55)0          =0.008

Thus, the probability that all six professors are extroverts is 0.008.

b.

To determine

Calculate the probability that none of the professors are extroverts.

b.

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Answer to Problem 26P

The probability that none of the professors are extroverts is 0.028.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

The probability that none of the professors are extroverts is calculated as given below:

P(0)=C6,0(0.45)0(0.55)6          =0.028

Thus, the probability that none of the professors are extroverts is 0.028.

b.

To determine

Calculate the probability that none of the professors are extroverts.

b.

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Answer to Problem 26P

The probability that none of the professors are extroverts is 0.028.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

The probability that none of the professors are extroverts is calculated as given below:

P(0)=C6,0(0.45)0(0.55)6          =0.028

Thus, the probability that none of the professors are extroverts is 0.028.

c.

To determine

Calculate the probability that at least two of the professors are extroverts.

c.

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Answer to Problem 26P

The probability that at least two of the professors are extroverts is 0.836.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

The probability that at least two of the professors are extroverts is calculated as given below:

P(r2)=P(2)+P(3)+P(4)+P(5)+P(6)={C6,2(0.45)2(0.55)(62)+C6,3(0.45)3(0.55)(63)+C6,4(0.45)4(0.55)(64)+C6,5(0.45)5(0.55)(65)+C6,6(0.45)6(0.55)(66)}          =0.278+0.303+0.186+0.061+0.008          =0.836

Thus, the probability that at least two of the professors are extroverts is 0.836.

d.

To determine

Calculate the expected number of extroverts.

Calculate the standard deviation.

d.

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Answer to Problem 26P

The expected number of extroverts is 2.7.

The standard deviation is 1.219.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

The expected number of extroverts is calculated as given below:

μ=np=6×0.45=2.7

Thus, the expected number of extroverts is 2.7.

The standard deviation is calculated as given below:

σ=npq=np(1p)=6×0.45×(10.45)=1.219

Thus, the standard deviation is 1.219.

e.

To determine

Calculate the number of professors to be interviewed to be 90% certain that at least 3 professors will be extroverts.

e.

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Answer to Problem 26P

The number of professors to be interviewed to be 90% certain that at least 3 professors will be extroverts is 10.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

Compute n such that P(r3)=0.90.

The probability that at least 3 professors will be extroverts is calculated as given below:

P(r3)=1[P(0)+P(1)+P(2)]               =1[0.003+0.021+0.076]              =10.100                          (using binomial distribution table)               =0.900

Using Table 3, Appendix II: Binomial distribution table, the probability values for n=10 and p=0.45 for r=0,1,2 are 0.003, 0.021 and 0.076.

Therefore, for n=10 the probability that at least 3 professors will be extroverts is 0.900.

Thus, 10 professors have to be interviewed to be 90% certain that at least 3 professors will be extroverts.

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