Math 110 Practice Final Exam

Fall 2009
Covers 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.4, 7.1-7.5, 8.1-8.4, 9.1-9.3
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Find the simple interest. Assume a 360-day year. Round results to the nearest cent.
1) $15,612 at 8.6% for 9 months 1)
A) $895.09 B) $1006.97 C) $1118.86 D) $1015.44

2) $13,000 at 3% for 95 days 2)

A) $390.00 B) $102.92 C) $101.83 D) $13,102.92

Find the compound amount for the deposit. Round to the nearest cent.
3) $16,000 at 8% compounded annually for 8 years 3)
A) $29,614.88 B) $26,240.00 C) $27,421.19 D) $24,960.00

4) $1200 at 8% compounded quarterly for 2 years 4)

A) $1248.48 B) $1392.00 C) $1399.68 D) $1405.99

Find the amount that should be invested now to accumulate the following amount, if the money is compounded as
indicated.
5) $8200 at 8% compounded annually for 11 years. 5)
A) $3798.19 B) $3516.84 C) $4683.16 D) $19,119.44

6) $6000 at 6.7% compounded semiannually for 6 years 6)

A) $4065.98 B) $4040.41 C) $8909.99 D) $1959.59

Solve the problem.

7) Barbara knows that she will need to buy a new car in 3 years. The car will cost $15,000 by then. 7)
How much should she invest now at 8%, compounded quarterly, so that she will have enough to
buy a new car?
A) $12,860.08 B) $11,025.45 C) $13,334.95 D) $11,827.40

8) Andrea Gilford's savings account has a balance of $3430. After 3 years, what will the amount of 8)
interest be at 2% compounded quarterly?
A) $202.55 B) $211.55 C) $34.30 D) $216.55

Find the future value of the ordinary annuity. Interest is compounded annually, unless otherwise indicated.
9) R = $100, i = 0.06, n = 7 9)
A) $697.53 B) $2506.05 C) $839.38 D) $236.42

10) R = $2,500, i = 6% interest compounded quarterly for 16 years 10)

A) $259,137.01 B) $432,190.74 C) $265,524.07 D) $99,856.59

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Find the periodic payment that will render the sum.
11) S = $35,000, interest is 8% compounded annually, payments made at the end of each year for 12 11)
years
A) $3290.52 B) $2102.67 C) $2845.60 D) $1844.33

12) S = $57,000, interest is 4% compounded annually, payments made at the end of each year for 12)
5 years
A) $10,523.75 B) $5358.84 C) $3424.35 D) $4634.26

Find the amount of each payment to be made into a sinking fund so that enough will be present to accumulate the
following amount. Payments are made at the end of each period. The interest rate given is per period.
13) $6400; money earns 5% compounded annually; 9 annual payments 13)
A) $670.22 B) $580.42 C) $508.83 D) $206.27

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14) $89,000; money earns 8.2% compounded quarterly for 3 years 14)
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A) $986.59 B) $2237.66 C) $5552.97 D) $902.57

Find the present value of the ordinary annuity.

15) Payments of $530 made annually for 13 years at 6% compounded annually 15)
A) $4690.24 B) $4926.35 C) $4691.92 D) $4443.41

16) Payments of $56 made quarterly for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly 16)
A) $1541.99 B) $1531.91 C) $1506.55 D) $549.81

Find the payment necessary to amortize the loan.

17) $2500; 6% compounded annually; 7 annual payments 17)
A) $508.41 B) $452.21 C) $402.59 D) $447.84

18) $12,900; 12% compounded monthly; 48 monthly payments 18)

A) $339.95 B) $334.30 C) $1554.74 D) $339.71

Find the monthly house payment necessary to amortize the following loan.
19) $50,000 at 5.28% for 15 years 19)
A) $14.67 B) $402.73 C) $456.05 D) $220.00

20) $169,000 at 8.6% for 15 years 20)

A) $1927.29 B) $1674.13 C) $1211.17 D) $11,923.38

Write a negation for the statement.

21) x ≤ 20 21)
A) x > 20 B) x > -20 C) ~x ≤ 20 D) x ≥ 20

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 22) That athlete wants to be a musician. 22)
A) That athlete does not want to be a musician.
B) That athlete is not a musician.
C) That musician wants to be an athlete.
D) That musician does not want to be an athlete.

Translate the symbolic compound statement into words.

23) Let p represent the statement "Her name is Lisa" and let q represent the statement "She lives in 23)
Chicago."
~p
A) Her name is Lisa. B) It is true that her name is Lisa.
C) Her name is not Lisa. D) She does not live in Chicago.

24) Let p represent the statement "Her name is Lisa" and let q represent the statement "She lives in 24)
Chicago."
p ∨ ~q
A) Her name is not Lisa or she lives in Chicago.
B) Her name is Lisa and she does not live in Chicago.
C) Her name is Lisa or she does not live in Chicago.
D) It is not true that her name is Lisa or she lives in Chicago.

25) Let p represent the statement "Her name is Lisa" and let q represent the statement "She lives in 25)
Chicago."
p∧q
A) Her name is Lisa and she lives in Chicago.
B) Her name is Lisa and she doesn't live in Chicago.
C) Her name is Lisa or she lives in Chicago.
D) If her name is Lisa, she lives in Chicago.

Let p represent a true statement, and let q and r represent false statements. Find the truth value of the given compound
statement.
26) (p ∧ ~q) ∧ r 26)
A) True B) False

27) ~[(~p ∧ q) ∨ r] 27)

A) False B) True

Let p represent the statement 7 < 8, let q represent the statement 2 < 5 < 6, and let r represent the statement 3 < 2. Find the
truth value of the given compound statement.
28) (q ∨ ~p) ∨ ~q 28)
A) False B) True

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Give the number of rows in the truth table for the compound statement.
29) ~(p ∨ q) ∧ (q ∧ ~r) 29)
A) 4 B) 8 C) 9 D) 3

Construct a truth table for the compound statement.

30) p ∨ ~(q ∧ c) 30)
A) B)
p q c p ∨ ~(q ∧ c) p q c p ∨ ~(q ∧ c)
T T T T T T T T
T T F T T T F T
T F T T T F T T
T F F T T F F T
F T T F F T T F
F T F T F T F T
F F T T F F T T
F F F F F F F T
C) D)
p q c p ∨ ~(q ∧ c) p q c p ∨ ~(q ∧ c)
T T T T T T T T
T T F F T T F T
T F T T T F T T
T F F T T F F F
F T T F F T T F
F T F T F T F T
F F T T F F T T
F F F F F F F F

31) (t ∧ s) ∨ (~t ∧ ~s) 31)

A) B)
t s (t ∧ s) ∨ (~t ∧ ~s) t s (t ∧ s) ∨ (~t ∧ ~s)
T T T T T T
T F F T F F
F T F F T T
F F T F F T
C) D)
t s (t ∧ s) ∨ (~t ∧ ~s) t s (t ∧ s) ∨ (~t ∧ ~s)
T T T T T F
T F T T F F
F T T F T T
F F F F F T

Use one of De Morgan's laws to write the negation of the statement.

32) The Tigers will win their sectional match or the Wolverines will win by default. 32)
A) The Tigers will not win their sectional match or the Wolverines will not win by default.
B) The Tigers will not win their sectional match and the Wolverines will win by default.
C) The Wolverines will win by default and the Tigers will not win their sectional match.
D) The Tigers will not win their sectional match and the Wolverines will not win by default.

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 33) Denim is out and linen is in. 33)
A) Denim is not out or linen is not in. B) Denim is not out and linen is out.
C) Denim is in and linen is out. D) Denim and linen are in.

Tell whether the conditional is true or false. Here T represents a true statement and F represents a false statement.
34) (2 = 2) → F 34)
A) False B) True

Let p represent "the puppy behaves well," let q represent "the puppy's owners are happy," and let r represent "the puppy
is trained." Express the compound statement in words.
35) (r ∧ p) → q 35)
A) If the puppy is trained and the puppy behaves well, then his owners are happy.
B) If the puppy is trained, then the puppy behaves well and his owners are happy.
C) The puppy is trained and the puppy behaves well if his owners are happy.
D) If the puppy is trained or the puppy behaves well, then his owners are happy.

Let p represent "I eat too much," let q represent "I exercise," and let r represent "the food is good." Write the compound
statement in symbols.
36) If I exercise, then I don't eat too much. 36)
A) ~(p → q) B) q → ~p C) p → q D) r ∧ p

Find the truth value of the statement. Assume that p and q are false, and r is true.
37) r → (~p ∨ q) 37)
A) True B) False

38) (q ∧ ~r) → (~p ∨ r) 38)

A) True B) False

Write a logical statement representing the circuit.

39) 39)

A) p ∧ (q ∨ r) B) (p ∨ q) ∧ r C) (p ∧ q) ∧ r D) p ∨ (q ∨ r)

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 40) 40)

A) p ∧ (q ∨ r) B) p ∨ (q ∨ r) C) p ∧ q ∧ r D) (p ∨ q) ∧ r

For the given direct statement, write the indicated related statement (converse, inverse, or contrapositive).
41) Love is blind. (contrapositive) 41)
A) If it is not blind, then it is not love. B) If it is blind, then it is not love.
C) It is blind if it is love. D) If it is blind, then it is love.

42) All cats catch birds. (inverse) 42)

A) If it's not a cat, then it doesn't catch birds. B) If it catches birds, then it's a cat.
C) If it doesn't catch birds, then it's not a cat. D) Not all cats catch birds.

43) ~q → ~p (contrapositive) 43)

A) q → p B) p → q C) ~(p → q) D) ~(q → p)

44) q → ~p (inverse) 44)

A) q → p B) p → ~q C) ~q → p D) ~p → q

45) If you like me, then I like you. (converse) 45)

A) If you don't like me, then I don't like you. B) If I don't like you, then you don't like me.
C) If I like you, then you like me. D) I like you if you don't like me.

Identify the statement as true or false.

46) 8 + 1 = 12 if and only if 11 = 4. 46)
A) True B) False

Tell whether the statement is true or false.

47) 8 ∈ {16, 24, 32, 40, 48} 47)
A) True B) False

48) 3 ∉ {6, 9, 12, 15, 18} 48)

A) True B) False

Insert "⊆" or "⊈" in the blank to make the statement true.

49) {3, 5, 7} {2, 3, 4, 5, 7} 49)
A) ⊆ B) ⊈

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Let A = {1, 3, 5, 7}; B = {5, 6, 7, 8}; C = {5, 8}; D = {2, 5, 8}; and U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}. Determine whether the given statement
is true or false.
50) C ⊈ B 50)
A) True B) False

Decide whether the statement is true or false.

51) {9, 18, 27, 36} ∪ {9, 27} = {9, 18, 27, 36} 51)
A) True B) False

Let U = {q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z}; A = {q, s, u, w, y}; B = {q, s, y, z}; and C = {v, w, x, y, z}. List the members of the indicated
set, using set braces.
52) A' ∪ B 52)
A) {q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y} B) {r, s, t, u, v, w, x, z}
C) {q, r, s, t, v, x, y, z} D) {s, u, w}

Shade the Venn diagram to represent the set.

53) A' ∪ B' 53)

A) B)

C) D)

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54) A' ∪ (A ∩ B) 54)

A) B)

C) D)

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 55) (A' ∪ B) ∩ C 55)

A) B)

C) D)

Use the union rule to answer the question.

56) If n(A) = 32, n(B) = 93, and n(A ∪ B) = 109; what is n(A ∩ B)? 56)
A) 16 B) 18 C) 48 D) 8

57) If n(A) = 20, n(A ∪ B) = 58, and n(A ∩ B) = 16; what is n(B)? 57)
A) 54 B) 38 C) 55 D) 53

Use a Venn Diagram and the given information to determine the number of elements in the indicated region.
58) n(U) = 60, n(A) = 27, n(B) = 16, and n(A ∩ B) = 3. Find n(A ∪ B)'. 58)
A) 17 B) 40 C) 20 D) 43

59) n(U) = 136, n(A) = 44, n(B) = 64, n(A ∩ B) = 17, n(A ∩ C) = 20, n(A ∩ B ∩ C) = 9, n(A' ∩ B ∩ C') = 38, 59)
and n(A' ∩ B' ∩ C') = 33. Find n(C).
A) 41 B) 28 C) 12 D) 23

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 60) n(A) = 100, n(B) = 108, n(C) = 102, n(A ∩ B) = 20, n(A ∩ C) = 22, n(B ∩ C) = 16, n(A ∩ B ∩ C) = 14, 60)
and n(A' ∩ B' ∩ C') = 201. Find n(U)
A) 477 B) 366 C) 467 D) 266

Use a Venn diagram to answer the question.

61) At East Zone University (EZU) there are 718 students taking College Algebra or Calculus. 431 are 61)
taking College Algebra, 342 are taking Calculus, and 55 are taking both College Algebra and
Calculus. How many are taking Algebra but not Calculus?
A) 321 B) 287 C) 376 D) 663

62) A survey of a group of 111 tourists was taken in St. Louis. The survey showed the following: 62)
60 of the tourists plan to visit Gateway Arch;
45 plan to visit the zoo;
9 plan to visit the Art Museum and the zoo, but not the Gateway Arch;
13 plan to visit the Art Museum and the Gateway Arch, but not the zoo;
16 plan to visit the Gateway Arch and the zoo, but not the Art Museum;
7 plan to visit the Art Museum, the zoo, and the Gateway Arch;
16 plan to visit none of the three places.
How many plan to visit the Art Museum only?
A) 95 B) 13 C) 56 D) 32

Find the probability of the given event.

63) A single fair die is rolled. The number on the die is greater than 2. 63)
5 1 2 1
A) B) C) D)
6 3 3 6

64) A single fair die is rolled. The number on the die is prime. 64)
1 2 1
A) 3 B) C) D)
2 3 3

Find the probability.

65) When a single card is drawn from a well-shuffled 52-card deck, find the probability of getting a 65)
queen.
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
4 13 52 26

66) When a single card is drawn from a well-shuffled 52-card deck, find the probability of getting a 66)
club.
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
13 26 4 52

67) When a single card is drawn from a well-shuffled 52-card deck, find the probability of getting the 67)
4 of clubs.
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
13 26 4 52

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 68) When a single card is drawn from a well-shuffled 52-card deck, find the probability of getting a 68)
black 3 or a red 7.
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
4 13 26 52

69) Each of ten tickets is marked with a different number from 1 to 10 and put in a box. If you draw a 69)
ticket at random from the box, what is the probability that you will draw 5, 9, or 3?
1 1 1 3
A) B) C) D)
10 5 9 10

Find the indicated probability.

70) The age distribution of students at a community college is given below. 70)

Age (years) Number of students (f)

Under 21 416
21-25 417
26-30 211
31-35 55
Over 35 28
1127

A student from the community college is selected at random. Find the probability that the student is
at least 31. Round your answer to three decimal places.
A) 0.074 B) 0.049 C) 83 D) 0.926

71) The following table shows the grades of college students in an advanced mathematics course, 71)
broken down by year. Use the table below to find the probability that a randomly selected
sophomore gets a B.

Totals
A B C D E (%)
Freshmen 3 5 6 4 1 19
Sophomores 6 5 8 2 3 24
Juniors 5 7 11 6 2 31
Seniors 5 4 1 4 5 19
Grad Students 3 2 2 0 0 7
Totals (%) 22 23 28 16 11 100

6 5 1 5
A) B) C) D)
23 24 6 23

Find the probability.

72) A bag contains 7 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 1 green marble. What is the probability that a 72)
randomly selected marble is not blue?
1 2 3
A) B) C) D) 8
3 3 2

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 73) Each digit from the number 9,212,442 is written on a different card. If one of these cards is selected 73)
at random, what is the probability of drawing a card that shows 4?
1 4 2
A) B) C) D) 1
7 7 7

Find the indicated probability.

74) Find the probability that a number less than 7 is obtained when a fair die is rolled. 74)
7 1
A) B) 0 C) 1 D)
6 6

75) When two balanced dice are rolled, there are 36 possible outcomes. Find the probability that either 75)
doubles are rolled or the sum of the dice is 4.
1 7 2 1
A) B) C) D)
4 36 9 36

76) If you pick a card at random from a well shuffled deck, what is the probability that you get a face 76)
card or a spade?
1 9 25 11
A) B) C) D)
22 26 52 26

Find the odds.

77) Find the odds in favor of drawing a number greater than 2 when a card is drawn at random from 77)
the cards pictured below.

A) 3 to 2 B) 4 to 5 C) 4 to 1 D) 3 to 5

78) Find the odds against correctly guessing the answer to a multiple choice question with 5 possible 78)
answers.
A) 4 : 1 B) 5 : 1 C) 4 : 5 D) 5 : 4

Find the indicated probability.

79) If a single fair die is rolled, find the probability of a 4 given that the number rolled is odd. 79)
1 1
A) B) 0 C) 1 D)
2 6

80) If two fair dice are rolled, find the probability of a sum of 5 given that the sum is less than 8. 80)
1 2 1 4
A) B) C) D)
6 13 9 21

81) You roll two fair dice. Let E be the event that the sum is even. Let F be the event that a four shows 81)
on at least one of the dice. Find P(F∣E).
5 7 1 1
A) B) C) D)
18 18 13 3

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 82) A box contains 24 blue marbles, 13 green marbles, and 13 red marbles. Two marbles are selected at 82)
random without replacement. Let E be the event that the first marble selected is green. Let F be the
event that the second marble selected is green. Find P(F∣E) .
13 12 13 6
A) B) C) D)
50 49 49 25

Find the probability.

83) Find the probability of correctly answering the first 3 questions on a multiple choice test if random 83)
guesses are made and each question has 5 possible answers.
1 3 5 1
A) B) C) D)
125 5 3 243

Find the indicated probability.

84) Assume that two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 1 blue, 3 white, 2 green, 84)
and 2 red marbles. Find the probability that both marbles are green.
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
4 28 16 14

Solve the problem.

85) 57% of a store's computers come from factory A and the remainder come from factory B. 1% of 85)
computers from factory A are defective while 4% of computers from factory B are defective. If one
of the store's computers is selected at random, what is the probability that it is defective and from
factory B?
A) 0.47 B) 0.04 C) 0.017 D) 0.023

86) 43% of a store's computers come from factory A and the remainder come from factory B. 5% of 86)
computers from factory A are defective while 1% of computers from factory B are defective. If one
of the store's computers is selected at random, what is the probability that it is not defective and
from factory A?
A) 0.022 B) 0.409 C) 0.973 D) 0.95

Use the given table to find the indicated probability.

87) College students were given three choices of pizza toppings and asked to choose one favorite. The 87)
following table shows the results.

Toppings Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Totals

Cheese 13 15 20 21 69
Meat 25 21 15 13 74
Veggie 15 13 25 21 74

A student is selected at random. Find the probability that the student's favorite topping is meat
given that the student is a junior.
A) 0.069 B) 0.203 C) 0.250 D) 0.342

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 88) College students were given three choices of pizza toppings and asked to choose one favorite. The 88)
following table shows the results.

Toppings Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Totals

Cheese 11 12 19 19 61
Meat 22 19 12 11 64
Veggie 12 11 22 19 64

A student is selected at random. Find the probability that the student's favorite topping is veggie
given that the student is a junior or senior.
A) 0.402 B) 0.641 C) 0.415 D) 0.217

Evaluate the permutation.

89) P(10, 5) 89)
A) 720 B) 1 C) 30,240 D) 10

Solve the problem.

90) Suppose there are 6 roads connecting town A to town B and 4 roads connecting town B to town C. 90)
In how many ways can a person travel from A to C via B?
A) 36 ways B) 16 ways C) 10 ways D) 24 ways

91) In how many ways can 4 people be chosen and arranged in a straight line, if there are 6 people 91)
from whom to choose?
A) 30 ways B) 360 ways C) 60 ways D) 24 ways

92) License plates are made using 3 letters followed by 3 digits. How many plates can be made if 92)
repetition of letters and digits is allowed?
A) 308,915,776 plates B) 1,000,000 plates
C) 1,757,600 plates D) 17,576,000 plates

93) A person ordering a certain model of car can choose any of 9 colors, either manual or automatic 93)
transmission, and any of 9 audio systems. How many ways are there to order this model of car?
A) 158 ways B) 162 ways C) 172 ways D) 170 ways

94) A restaurant offers 7 possible appetizers, 13 possible main courses, and 6 possible desserts. How 94)
many different meals are possible at this restaurant? (Two meals are considered different unless all
three courses are the same).
A) 536 meals B) 26 meals C) 343 meals D) 546 meals

How many distinguishable permutations of letters are possible in the word?

95) GIGGLE 95)
A) 4320 B) 120 C) 36 D) 720

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 96) TENNESSEE 96)
A) 362,880 B) 81 C) 3780 D) 7560

97) COLORADO 97)

A) 40,320 B) 4480 C) 13,440 D) 6720

Four accounting majors, two economics majors, and three marketing majors have interviewed for five different positions
with a large company. Find the number of different ways that five of these could be hired.
98) Two accounting majors must be hired first, then one economics major, then two marketing majors. 98)
A) 288 ways B) 144 ways C) 4 ways D) 24 ways

99) One accounting major, one economics major, and one marketing major would be hired, then the 99)
two remaining positions would be filled by any of the majors left.
A) 2160 ways B) 4320 ways C) 48 ways D) 720 ways

Evaluate the combination.

24
100) 1 100)
A) 24 B) 24! C) 24! - 10 D) 2

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101) 101)
0
A) 2520 B) 5040 C) 1 D) 1260

19
102) 1 102)
A) 2 B) 19! - 10 C) 19 D) 19!

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103) 13 103)
A) 13! - 5 B) 13! C) 1 D) 2

Of the 2,598,960 different five-card hands possible from a deck of 52 playing cards, how many would contain the
following cards?
104) All hearts 104)
A) 2574 hands B) 1287 hands C) 3861 hands D) 143 hands

105) Two black cards and three red cards 105)

A) 1,690,000 hands B) 845,000 hands C) 1,267,500 hands D) 422,500 hands

Solve the problem.

106) If you toss five fair coins, in how many ways can you obtain at least one head? 106)
A) 32 ways B) 15 ways C) 31 ways D) 16 ways

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 107) If you toss six fair coins, in how many ways can you obtain at least two heads? 107)
A) 64 ways B) 63 ways C) 58 ways D) 57 ways

108) A bag contains 6 apples and 4 oranges. If you select 5 pieces of fruit without looking, how many 108)
ways can you get 5 apples?
A) 10 ways B) 24 ways C) 12 ways D) 6 ways

109) In how many ways can a group of 6 students be selected from 7 students? 109)
A) 7 ways B) 6 ways C) 42 ways D) 1 way

110) How many ways can a committee of 2 be selected from a club with 12 members? 110)
A) 33 ways B) 66 ways C) 132 ways D) 2 ways

111) In how many ways can a group of 7 students be selected from 8 students? 111)
A) 56 ways B) 7 ways C) 1 way D) 8 ways

112) The chorus has six sopranos and eight baritones. In how many ways can the director choose a 112)
quartet that contains at least one soprano?
A) 1071 ways B) 1001 ways C) 986 ways D) 931 ways

113) A class has 10 boys and 12 girls. In how many ways can a committee of four be selected if the 113)
committee can have at most two girls?
A) 4410 ways B) 4620 ways C) 5170 ways D) 5665 ways

A bag contains 6 cherry, 3 orange, and 2 lemon candies. You reach in and take 3 pieces of candy at random. Find the
probability.
114) All lemon 114)
A) 0.061 B) 1 C) 0 D) 0.1212

115) All orange 115)

A) 0.0061 B) 0.0011 C) 0.0182 D) 0.7272

116) 2 cherry, 1 lemon 116)

A) 0.7272 B) 0.3636 C) 0.1818 D) 0.1212

117) 1 cherry, 2 lemon 117)

A) 0.3636 B) 0.0303 C) 0.0424 D) 0.0364

Find the probability of the following card hands from a 52-card deck. In poker, aces are either high or low. A bridge hand
is made up of 13 cards.
118) In bridge, 4 aces 118)
A) 0.00264 B) 0.00059 C) 0.00118 D) 0.01056

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 119) In bridge, exactly 3 kings and exactly 3 queens 119)
A) 0.00024 B) 0.00097 C) 0.00018 D) 0.00337

Solve.
120) Two 6-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers on the dice 120)
will be greater than 10?
5 1 1
A) 3 B) C) D)
18 12 18

121) In a state lotto you have to pick 4 numbers from 1 to 45. If your numbers match those that the state 121)
draws, you win. If you buy 3 tickets, what is your probability of winning?
1 8 1 1
A) B) C) D)
63855 446985 148995 49665

122) A lottery game contains 29 balls numbered 1 through 29. What is the probability of choosing a ball 122)
numbered 30?
1
A) 0 B) 1 C) D) 29
29

Solve the problem.

123) What is the probability that at least 2 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives have the 123)
same birthday?
A) 0.995 B) 0.996 C) 0.999 D) 1

124) At the first tri-city meeting, there were 8 people from town A, 7 people from town B, and 5 people 124)
from town C. If the council consists of 5 people, find the probability of 3 from town A and 2 from
town B.
A) 0.023 B) 0.072 C) 0.036 D) 0.076

125) At the first tri-city meeting, there were 8 people from town A, 7 people from town B, and 5 people 125)
from town C. If the council consists of 5 people, find the probability of 2 from town A, 2 from town
B, and 1 from town C.
A) 0.090 B) 0.076 C) 0.038 D) 0.189

Find the requested probability.

126) A family has five children. The probability of having a girl is 1/2. What is the probability of having 126)
exactly 3 girls and 2 boys?
A) 0.0625 B) 0.6252 C) 0.3125 D) 0.0313

127) A family has five children. The probability of having a girl is 1/2. What is the probability of having 127)
at least 4 girls?
A) 0.0313 B) 0.1563 C) 0.3125 D) 0.1875

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 128) A family has five children. The probability of having a girl is 1/2. What is the probability of having 128)
no more than 3 boys?
A) 0.3125 B) 0.5000 C) 0.8125 D) 0.9688

A die is rolled 20 times and the number of twos that come up is tallied. Find the probability of getting the given result.
129) Exactly five twos 129)
A) 0.083 B) 0.129 C) 0.003 D) 0.921

130) Fewer than four twos 130)

A) 0.867 B) 0.567 C) 0.364 D) 0.769

131) More than one two 131)

A) 0.005 B) 0.482 C) 0.870 D) 0.982

In a certain college, 33% of the physics majors belong to ethnic minorities. Find the probability of the event from a
random sample of 10 students who are physics majors.
132) Exactly 2 belong to an ethnic minority. 132)
A) 0.1929 B) 0.0028 C) 0.2156 D) 0.1990

133) Exactly 4 do not belong to an ethnic minority. 133)

A) 0.2564 B) 0.2253 C) 0.0467 D) 0.0547

Find the probability of the event.

134) A battery company has found that the defective rate of its batteries is 0.03. Each day, 22 batteries 134)
are randomly tested. On Tuesday, 1 is found to be defective.
A) 0.110 B) 0.614 C) 0.118 D) 0.348

Find the expected value for the random variable.

135) z 3 6 9 12 15 135)
P(z) 0.14 0.3 0.36 0.1 0.10
A) 5.49 B) 7.32 C) 8.16 D) 9.36

136) A business bureau gets complaints as shown in the following table. Find the expected number of 136)
complaints per day.
Complaints per Day 0 1 2 3 4 5
Probability 0.04 0.11 0.26 0.33 0.19 0.12
A) 2.73 B) 2.85 C) 3.01 D) 2.98

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Find the expected value for the random variable x having this probability function.
137) 137)
p

a = 14 b = 15
c = 16 d = 17
A) 12.4 B) 15.5 C) 16 D) 12.7

138) 138)
p

a=9 b = 11 c = 13
d = 15 e = 17
A) 13 B) 14.7 C) 16 D) 13.4

Solve the problem.

139) Suppose a charitable organization decides to raise money by raffling a trip worth $500. If 3000 139)
tickets are sold at $1.00 each, find the expected value of winning for a person who buys 1 ticket.
A) -$0.85 B) -$1.00 C) -$0.81 D) -$0.83

140) Suppose you buy 1 ticket for $1 out of a lottery of 1000 tickets where the prize for the one winning 140)
ticket is to be $500. What are your expected winnings?
A) -$0.50 B) -$1.00 C) -$0.40 D) $0

141) A contractor is considering a sale that promises a profit of $23,000 with a probability of 0.7 or a loss 141)
(due to bad weather, strikes, and such) of $13,000 with a probability of 0.3. What is the expected
profit?
A) $10,000 B) $25,200 C) $16,100 D) $12,200

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Prepare a frequency distribution with a column for intervals and frequencies.
142) Use five intervals, starting with 0 - 4. 142)
1 8 11 18 24 20 16 13 6 3 7 12 16 21 15 10 4 10 14 20
A) B)
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency
0-4 3 0-4 3
5-9 3 5-9 3
10 - 14 5 10 - 14 6
15 - 19 5 15 - 19 3
20 - 24 4 20 - 24 5
C) D)
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency
0-4 3 0-4 3
5-9 2 5-9 3
10 - 14 7 10 - 14 6
15 - 19 4 15 - 19 4
20 - 24 4 20 - 24 4

143) Use five intervals, starting with 0 - 4. 143)

2 6 12 17 21 20 17 12 5 2
8 10 19 20 16 13 5 10 15 19
A) B)
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency
0-4 2 0-4 2
5-9 3 5-9 4
10 - 14 6 10 - 14 4
15 - 19 6 15 - 19 7
20 - 24 3 20 - 24 3
C) D)
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency
0-4 2 0-4 2
5-9 4 5-9 4
10 - 14 5 10 - 14 5
15 - 19 6 15 - 19 5
20 - 24 3 20 - 24 4

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 144) Use six intervals, starting with 0 - 49. 144)
34 61 127 153 244 218 165 127 82 22 62 273
61 128 176 217 191 109 50 99 149 199 171 262
A) B)
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency
0 - 49 2 0 - 49 2
50 - 99 6 50 - 99 6
100 - 149 5 100 - 149 4
150 - 199 6 150 - 199 7
200 - 249 3 200 - 249 3
250 - 299 2 250 - 299 2
C) D)
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency
0 - 49 2 0 - 49 2
50 - 99 5 50 - 99 6
100 - 149 6 100 - 149 5
150 - 199 6 150 - 199 5
200 - 249 3 200 - 249 4
250 - 299 2 250 - 299 2

Find the mean. Round to the nearest tenth.

145) Value Frequency 145)
164 1
177 3
267 6
308 4
322 3
A) 264.4 B) 72.8 C) 307.7 D) 299.7

146) Value Frequency 146)

13 1
17 6
23 3
29 7
33 3
41 3
A) 23.3 B) 6.8 C) 29.0 D) 26.5

Find the mean for the list of numbers.

147) 73, 56, 73, 93, 56 (Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.) 147)
A) 70.2 B) 69.7 C) 70.7 D) 87.8

Find the median for the list of numbers.

148) 9, 6, 27, 16, 46, 41, 34 148)
A) 34 B) 27 C) 26 D) 16

149) 8, 5, 27, 15, 26, 46, 39, 38 149)

A) 27 B) 26 C) 25.5 D) 26.5

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Find the indicated value for the data.
150) 17, 22, 16, 18, 15, 17, 21, 20, 13, 16, 18, 19 150)
Find the mean. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
A) 17.7 B) 17.5 C) 212 D) None of these

Find the mode or modes.

151) 5, 9, 67, 3, 2, 8, 57, 1, 4, 16 151)
A) 9 B) 8 C) 16.6 D) No mode

152) 20, 45, 46, 45, 49, 45, 49 152)

A) 42.7 B) 45 C) 49 D) No mode

153) 7.4, 7.41, 7.56, 7.4, 7.88, 7.99, 7.62 153)

A) 7.41 B) 7.609 C) 7.4 D) 7.56

Find the range for the set of numbers.

154) 5, 17, 3, 14, 10 154)
A) 3 B) 17 C) 5 D) 14

155) 54, 134, 17, 106, 177 155)

A) 17 B) 160 C) 177 D) 80

Find the standard deviation for the set of numbers.

156) 6, 6, 15, 13, 12, 5, 14, 8, 7, 24 156)
A) 5.5 B) 5.9 C) 1.2 D) 5.4

157) 186, 110, 152, 205, 180, 134, 173, 279, 228 157)
A) 54.2 B) 22.9 C) 47.8 D) 50.7

Find the percent of the area under a normal curve between the mean and the given number of standard deviations from
the mean.
158) 0.83 158)
A) 70.33% B) 29.39% C) 29.67% D) 79.67%

159) -2.91 159)

A) 99.64% B) 49.82% C) 0.18% D) 99.82%

Find the percent of the total area under the standard normal curve between the given z-scores.
160) z = -1.10 and z = -0.36 160)
A) 0.4951 B) 0.2237 C) 0.2239 D) -0.2237

161) z = 0.70 and z = 1.98 161)

A) 0.2181 B) 0.2175 C) 1.7341 D) -0.2181

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 162) z = -0.55 and z = 0.55 162)
A) 0.9000 B) 0.4176 C) -0.4176 D) -0.9000

Find a z-score satisfying the given condition.

163) 20.1% of the total area is to the right of z. 163)
A) -0.84 B) 0.82 C) 0.83 D) 0.84

164) 74.9% of the total area is to the left of z. 164)

A) 0.68 B) 0.66 C) -0.67 D) 0.67

A company installs 5000 light bulbs, each with an average life of 500 hours, standard deviation of 100 hours, and
distribution approximated by a normal curve. Find the approximate number of bulbs that can be expected to last the
specified period of time.
165) At least 500 hours 165)
A) 2500 B) 1000 C) 2400 D) 5000

166) Less than 690 hours 166)

A) 4857 B) 2357 C) 4853 D) 4860

167) Between 500 hours and 675 hours 167)

A) 4700 B) 2300 C) 4800 D) 2256

168) Between 540 hours and 780 hours 168)

A) 1710 B) 1717 C) 2217 D) 2215

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Answer Key
Testname: MATH110 PRACTICEFINALEXAMFALL 2009

1) B
2) B
3) A
4) D
5) B
6) B
7) D
8) B
9) C
10) C
11) D
12) A
13) B
14) C
15) C
16) B
17) D
18) D
19) B
20) B
21) A
22) A
23) C
24) C
25) A
26) B
27) B
28) B
29) B
30) B
31) A
32) D
33) A
34) A
35) A
36) B
37) A
38) A
39) A
40) B
41) A
42) A
43) B
44) C
45) C
46) A
47) B
48) A
49) A
50) B
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Answer Key
Testname: MATH110 PRACTICEFINALEXAMFALL 2009

51) A
52) C
53) B
54) D
55) A
56) A
57) A
58) C
59) A
60) C
61) C
62) B
63) C
64) B
65) B
66) C
67) D
68) B
69) D
70) A
71) B
72) B
73) C
74) C
75) C
76) D
77) A
78) A
79) B
80) D
81) A
82) B
83) A
84) B
85) C
86) B
87) C
88) A
89) C
90) D
91) B
92) D
93) B
94) D
95) B
96) C
97) D
98) B
99) D
100) A
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Answer Key
Testname: MATH110 PRACTICEFINALEXAMFALL 2009

101) C
102) C
103) C
104) B
105) B
106) C
107) D
108) D
109) A
110) B
111) D
112) D
113) B
114) C
115) A
116) C
117) D
118) A
119) B
120) C
121) D
122) A
123) D
124) D
125) D
126) C
127) D
128) C
129) B
130) B
131) C
132) D
133) D
134) D
135) C
136) D
137) C
138) D
139) D
140) A
141) D
142) D
143) C
144) A
145) A
146) D
147) A
148) B
149) D
150) A
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Answer Key
Testname: MATH110 PRACTICEFINALEXAMFALL 2009

151) D
152) B
153) C
154) D
155) B
156) B
157) D
158) C
159) B
160) B
161) A
162) B
163) D
164) D
165) A
166) A
167) B
168) A

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