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Chapter 5
1. Let 𝑈 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑, 𝑒, 𝑓}, 𝐴 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐} and 𝐵 = {𝑎, 𝑐, 𝑓}. List the elements of the
following sets:
a. 𝐴′
b. 𝐵 ′
a. (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)′
c. 𝐴′ ∪ 𝐵 ′
d. 𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵 ′
e. (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)′
3. In a survey of 75 college students, it was found that of the three weekly news magazines
23 read Time
18 read Newsweek
4. Mrs. Bollo's second grade class of thirty students conducted a pet ownership survey.
Results of the survey indicate that 8 students own a cat, 15 students own a dog, and 5
students own both a cat and a dog. How many of the students surveyed own a cat or a
dog?
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7. Use a Venn Diagram and the given information to determine the number of elements in
n(U) = 147, n(A) = 48, n(B) = 68, 𝑛(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 19, 𝑛(𝐴 ∩ 𝐶) = 22,
Find 𝑛(𝐶).
8. You are to create a 5 digit password for your e-mail account using the digits 0 to 9 and
b. If you are only allowed to use a digit or letter once, how many different codes can be
made?
9. Using only the digits 0 and 1, how many different numbers consisting of 8 digits can be
formed?
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10. How many different license plate numbers can be made using 2 letters followed by 4
digits, if
11. A bag contains 5 apples and 3 oranges. If you select 4 pieces of fruit without looking,
12. Three boys and two girls are going to a movie. How many ways can they sit next to each
13. A group of 9 people is going to be formed into committees of 4, 3, and 2 people. How
14. Draw a tree diagram showing all permutations of size 2 from letters w, x, y, z. How many
15. Suppose an experiment consists of tossing a coin seven times and recording the
16. Anna goes to a frozen yogurt shop. She can choose from any of the following toppings:
cashews, marshmallow cream, peanut butter chips, blackberries, and brownie bits. How
17. In how many ways can a selection of at least one card be made from a hand of five cards?
Chapter 6
19. An experiment consists of tossing a coin three times and recording the sequence of heads
and tails.
c. Determine the event F = "The number of heads equals the number of tails."
20. Let S = {a, b, c, d, e} be a sample space, E = {a, b, e}, and F = {b, c}.
21. What is the probability of getting either a black card or an ace in one draw from an
22. The Chicago Black Hawks hockey team has a probability of winning of 0.6 and a
23. If it has been determined that the probability of an earthquake occurring on a certain day
24. If 30 students are asked to pick a number between 1 and 60, what is the probability at
25. The probability that a person passes organic chemistry the first time he enrolls is 0.8. The
probability that a person passes organic chemistry the second time he enrolls is 0.9.
a. Find the probability that a person fails the first time but passes the second time.
26. In a small town it is known that 20% of the families have no children, 30% have 1 child,
20% have 2 children, 16% have 3 children, 8% have 4 children, and 6% have 5 children
or more. Find the probability that a family has more than 2 children if it is known that it
27. Seventy percent of the students enrolled in a calculus course had previously taken a
precalculus course. Twenty percent of the students who took a precalculus course earned
an A in the calculus course, whereas 10% of the other students earned an A in the
calculus course.
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a. Draw a tree diagram summarizing these data and label it with the appropriate
probabilities.
b. Find the probability that a student selected at random did not earn an A in calculus if
c. Find the probability that a student selected at random did not take a precalculus
e. Find the probability that a student selected at random previously took a precalculus
28. Three boxes—I, II, and III—contain three red and two green chips, two red and four
green chips, and four red and five green chips, respectively. A box is selected at random
b. Given the chip is green, what is the probability that it came from box II?
29. A local store orders lightbulb from two suppliers, AAA Electronics and ZZZ Electronics.
The local store purchases 30% of the bulbs from AAA and 70% of the bulbs from ZZZ.
Two percent of the bulbs from AAA are defective while 3% of the bulbs from ZZZ are
defective.
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b. Find the probability that a randomly selected defective light bulb was purchased from
AAA Electronics.
30. A hospital billing department knows that the probability patients 60 or older pay the
balance of their bill after one billing is 80%, while for a person under the age of 60 the
b. The balance of the bill is not paid after one billing. What is the probability the patient