Chapter 5: Q 41. (page 309)
Role-playing games Refer to Exercise 39. Define event A: sum is . Find .
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Chapter 5: Q 41. (page 309)
Role-playing games Refer to Exercise 39. Define event A: sum is . Find .
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Rolling dice Suppose you roll two fair, six-sided dice鈥攐ne red and one green. Are the events 鈥渟um is 鈥 and 鈥済reen die shows a 鈥 independent? Justify
your answer.
A Titanic disaster In the luxury liner Titanic, on its first voyage across the Atlantic, struck an iceberg and sank. Some passengers got off the ship in lifeboats, but many died. The two-way table gives information about adult passengers who lived and who died, by class of travel. Suppose we choose an adult passenger at random.
(a) Given that the person selected was in first class, what鈥檚 the probability that he or she survived?
(b) If the person selected survived, what鈥檚 the probability that he or she was a third-class passenger?

Sampling senators Refer to Exercise 67. Are events D and F independent? Justify your answer.
Preparing for the GMAT A company that offers courses to prepare students for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) has the following information about its customers: are currently undergraduate students in business; are undergraduate students in other fields of study; are
college graduates who are currently employed, and are college graduates who are not employed. Choose a customer at random.
(a) What鈥檚 the probability that the customer is currently an undergraduate? Which rule of probability did you use to find the answer?
(b) What鈥檚 the probability that the customer is not an undergraduate business student? Which rule of probability did you use to find the answer?
At the gym Suppose that of adults belong to health clubs, and of these health club members go to the club at least twice a week. What percent of all adults go to a health club at least twice a week? Write the information given in terms of probabilities, and use the general multiplication rule.
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