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A researcher wishes to conduct a study of the color preferences of new car buyers. Suppose that 30% of this population prefers the color brown. If 12 buyers are randomly…
At a collection agency, 80% of the accounts are eventually paid in full. Over the next month, the collection agency gets 120 new accounts. What is the probability that at…
Thirty percent of all customers who enter a store will make a purchase. Suppose that six customers enter the store and that these customers make independent purchase decisions. Use the…
Ten peas are generated from parents having the green/yellow pair of genes, so that there is a 0.45 probability that an individual pea will have a green pod. Find the…
A drug is prepared and found that when a certain quantity is inoculated into mice, 25% of the mice become infected. If 3 mice are inoculated independently, what are the…
A student majoring in accounting is trying to decide on a number of firms to which he should apply. Given work experience and grades, he can expect to receive a…
A federal report find that a lie detector test given to truthful persons have a probability of 0.2 of suggesting that the person is deceptive. A company asks 12 job…
Forty-three percent of adults would pay more for environmentally friendly products. You randomly select 12 adults. Find the probability that the number of adults who would pay more for environmentally…
According to national data, about 10% of American college students earn a graduate degree. Using this estimate, what is the probability that exactly 25 undergraduates in a random sample of…
Suppose that 15 % of all steel shafts produced by a certain process are nonconforming but can be reworked (rather than having to be scrapped). Consider a random sample of…
