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c)
d)
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Probability of a Birthday:
a)
If a person is randomly selected, find the probability
that his or her birthday is October 18, which is
National Statistics Day in Japan. Ignore leap years.
b)
6.
Finding Complements
a)
If P(A) = 0.54, find P( A).
P( A) =
b)
Based on recent data from the U.S. National Center
for Health Statistics, the probability of a baby being
a boy is 0.513. Find the probability of a baby girl.
P(girl) =
7.
8.
Survived
Died
TOTAL
Titantic Mortality
Men
Women
Boys
332
318
29
1360
104
35
1692
422
64
Girls
27
18
45
TOTAL
706
1517
2223
a.
If we randomly select someone who was aboard the
Titanic, what is the probability of getting a man?
P(Man) =
b.
If we randomly select someone who was aboard the
Titanic, what is the probability of getting a man,
given that the selected person died?
P(Man and Died) =
c. If we randomly select someone who was aboard the
Titanic, what is the probability of getting a girl
given that the selected person survived?
P(Girl | Survived) =
9.
c.
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P(x)
0.502
0.365
0.098
3
4
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0.011
0.001
b.
c.
12.
13.
Mean =
Standard Deviation =
b)
14.
b)
Assume that boys and girls are equally likely and 100 births
are randomly selected. Use STATDISK with n = 100 and
p = 0.5 to find P(x), where x represents the number of girls
among the 100 babies.
P(X)
35
45
50
2.
P(X)
35
45
50
4.
/500
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/500
= __________
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on Essential of Statistics to go to the site
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Click on Internet Projects found in the box on the
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Click on Chapter 4.
Read the Introduction and the Background.
At the beginning of the section Mathematical Analysis is a
place for you to click to view an animation that
simulates the path of one marble through a quincunx
with 10 rows of pegs. Watch the animation. Below is a
diagram of what you will see at this site.
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