Chapter 5: Q 3.2. (page 321)
Find the probability that the computer is a laptop. Show your work.
Short Answer
The probability is 0.65
Chapter 5: Q 3.2. (page 321)
Find the probability that the computer is a laptop. Show your work.
The probability is 0.65
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Get started for freeUrban voters The voters in a large city are white, black, and Hispanic. (Hispanics may be of any race in official statistics, but here we are speaking of political blocks.) A mayoral candidate anticipates attracting of the white vote, of the black vote, and of the Hispanic vote. Draw a tree diagram to represent this situation. What percent of the overall vote does the candidate expect to get? Use the four-step process to guide your work.
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aged and older, conducted Jan.
(a) Identify the population and the sample.
(b) Explain how undercover could lead to bias in this survey.
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(a) List the sample space for rolling the die twice (spots showing on first and second rolls).
(b) What is the assignment of probabilities to outcomes in this sample space? Assume that the die is perfectly balanced.
Ten percent of U.S. households contain or more people. You want to simulate choosing a household at random and recording whether or not it contains or
more people. Which of these are correct assignments of digits for this simulation? (a) Odd = Yes (or more people); Even = No (not or more people)
(b) = Yes; = No
(c) = Yes; = No
(d) All three are correct.
(e) Choices (b) and (c) are correct, but (a) is not.
Spinning a quarter With your forefinger, hold a new quarter (with a state featured on the reverse) upright, on its edge, on a hard surface. Then flick it with your other forefinger so that it spins for some time before it falls and comes to rest. Spin the coin a total of 25 times, and record the results.
(a) What’s your estimate for the probability of heads? Why?
(b) Explain how you could get an even better estimate.
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