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Chapter 6: Q.75 (page 403)
Blood types In the United States, of adults have type O blood. Suppose we choose U.S. adults at random. Let the number who have type O blood. Use the binomial probability formula to find . Interpret this result in context.
The chance of out of people with O blood type is .
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Suppose you roll a pair of fair, six-sided dice. Let = the sum of the spots showing on the up-faces.
(a) Find the probability distribution of .
(b) Make a histogram of the probability distribution. Describe what you see.
(c) Find and interpret the result.
Suppose you roll a pair of fair, six-sided dice until you get doubles. Let the number of rolls it takes.
In the game of Monopoly, a player can get out of jail free by rolling doubles within turns. Find the probability that this happens
49. Checking independence In which of the following games of chance would you be willing to assume independence of andlocalid="1649903939419" in making a probability model? Explain your answer in each case.
(a) In blackjack, you are dealt two cards and examine the total points localid="1649903945891" on the cards (face cards count localid="1649903950298" points). You can choose to be dealt another card and compete based on the total pointslocalid="1649903956461" on all three cards.
(b) In craps, the betting is based on successive rolls of two dice. localid="1649903966379" is the sum of the faces on the first roll, and localid="1649903971075" is the sum of the faces on the next roll.
Lie detectors A federal report finds that lie detector tests given to truthful persons have probability about of suggesting that the person is deceptive. A company asks job applicants about thefts from
previous employers, using a lie detector to assess their truthfulness. Suppose that all answer truthfully. Let the number of people who the lie detector says are being deceptive.
(a) Find and interpret .
(b) Find and interpret .
Knees Patients receiving artificial knees often experience pain after surgery. The pain is measured on a subjective scale with possible values of 1 (low) to 5 (high). Let X be the pain score for a randomly selected patient. The following table gives part of the probability distribution for X.
| Value | |||||
| Probability | ? |
(a) Find
(b) If two patients who received artificial knees are chosen at random, what鈥檚 the probability that both of them report pain scores of or ? Show your work.
(c) Compute the mean and standard deviation of . Show your work.
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