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Chapter 5: Q 5.149. (page 242)
In probability and statistics, what is each repetition of an experiment called?
A trial is known as each repetition of an experiment in probability and statistics.
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Roulette. An American roulette wheel contains 38 numbers, of which 18 are red, 18 are black, and 2 are green. When the roulette wheel is spun, the ball is equally likely to land on any of the 38 numbers. For a bet on red, the house pays even odds ( i.e., 1 to 1 ). What should the odds actually be to make the bet fair?
A bowl contains 12 poker chips 3 red , 4 white and 5 blue. One of these poker chips is selected at random from the bowl. Let B denote the event that the chips is selected is blue. Find the probability that a blue chips is selected, and express your answer in probability notation
U.S. Governors. In 2013, according to the National Governors Association, 30 of the 50 state governors were Republicans. Suppose that on each day of 2013, one U.S. state governor was randomly selected to read the invocation on a popular radio program. On approximately how many of those days should we expect that a Republican was chosen?
Identify a commonly used graphical technique for portraying events and relationships among events.
Suppose thatE is an event. Use probability notation to represent
(a) the probability that event E occurs.
(b) the probability that event Eoccurs is 0.436
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