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Question 1

A box contains 2 red, 3 white, and 4 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at succession without
replacement, determine the probability that all are blue. _____

Response: 0.0476

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Question 2

A bowl contains 15 red beads, 30 white beads, 20 blue beads, and 7 black beads. If one of the beads
is drawn at random, what is the probabilities that it will be neither white or black? _____

Response: 0.4861

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Question 3

A committee of four people is to be formed from six doctors and eight dentists. Find the probability
that the committee will consist of the following three doctors and one dentist. _____

Response: 0.1598

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Question 4

What is the probability of drawing an ace from a deck of 52 cards? _____

Response: 0.0769

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Question 5

In drawing a card from a deck of 52 well-shuffled, what is the probability of drawing a face card
given that it is red? _____

Response: 0.1154

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Question 6

A group of 150 randomly selected chief executive officers (CEO’s) were tested for personality type.
The table below gives the results of this survey

Type A Type B
 Men 78 42

Women 19 11

If one CEO is selected at random from this group, find the probability that this CEO has type B
personality and is a woman. _____

Response: 0.2075

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Question 7

A committee of four people is to be formed from six doctors and eight dentists. Find the probability
that the committee will consist of the following one doctor and three dentists. _____

Response: 0.3357

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Question 8

If the probabilities are, respectively, 0.92, 0.33 and 0.29 that a person vacationing in Boracay , will
visit Palawan, or both, what is the probability that a person vacationing there will visit at least one of
the two areas? _____

Response: 0.9200

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Question 9

Arches National Park is located in southern Utah. The park is famous for its beautiful desert
landscape and its many natural sandstone arches. Park Ranger Edward McCarrick started an
inventory (not yet complete) of natural arches within the park that have an opening of at least 3
feet. The height of the arch opening is rounded to the nearest foot.

See the table:

Height of arch, feet 3-9 10-29 30-49 50-74 75 and higher

Number of arches in park 111 96 30 33 18

For an arch chosen at random in Arches NAtional PArk, use the preceding information to estimate
the probability that the height of the arch opening is 10 to 74 feet. _____

Response: 0.5521

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Question 10

Arches National Park is located in southern Utah. The park is famous for its beautiful desert
landscape and its many natural sandstone arches. Park Ranger Edward McCarrick started an
inventory (not yet complete) of natural arches within the park that have an opening of at least 3
feet. The height of the arch opening is rounded to the nearest foot.

See the table:

Height of arch, feet 3-9 10-29 30-49 50-74 75 and higher

Number of arches in park 111 96 30 33 18

For an arch chosen at random in Arches NAtional PArk, use the preceding information to estimate
the probability that the height of the arch opening is 3 to 9 feet. _____

Response: 0.3854

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Question 11

A committee of four people is to be formed from six doctors and eight dentists. Find the probability
that the committee will consist of the following two doctors and two dentist. _____

Response: 0.4196

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Question 12

Arches National Park is located in southern Utah. The park is famous for its beautiful desert
landscape and its many natural sandstone arches. Park Ranger Edward McCarrick started an
inventory (not yet complete) of natural arches within the park that have an opening of at least 3
feet. The height of the arch opening is rounded to the nearest foot.

See the table:

Height of arch, feet 3-9 10-29 30-49 50-74 75 and higher

Number of arches in park 111 96 30 33 18

For an arch chosen at random in Arches NAtional PArk, use the preceding information to estimate
the probability that the height of the arch opening is 75 feet or taller. _____

Response: 0.0625

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Question 13

A secretary has three telephones on her desk, each with a different number, and none is an
extension. During a 15-second interval the probability that phone 1 will ring is 0.35, that phone 2 will
ring is 0.06, and that phone 3 will ring is 0.1. Find the probability that none of the phones will ring.
_____
Response: 0.0000

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Question 14

A committee of four people is to be formed from six doctors and eight dentists. Find the probability
that the committee will consist of the following all doctors. _____

Response: 0.0150

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Question 15

The geographical distribution of hometown of some 80 students at DLSU-D is given as: 50 from
Cavite, 10 from Laguna, and 20 from Manila. Suppose three students are selected. Find the
probability that no student comes from Cavite. _____

Response: 0.7614

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Question 16

A secretary has three telephones on her desk, each with a different number, and none is an
extension. During a 15-second interval the probability that phone 1 will ring is 0.35, that phone 2 will
ring is 0.06, and that phone 3 will ring is 0.1. Find the probability that all three phones will ring.
_____

Response: 0.0600

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Question 17

Given:

Good Service (G) Poor Service (P)

Under Warranty Unde

Name-Brand Tire
64 16 80
Dealers (N)

Off-Brand Tire
42 78 120
Dealers (O)

Total 106 94 200

What is the probability of choosing a name-brand dealer who will provide good service under
warranty? _____

Response: 0.6038
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Question 18

A committee of four people is to be formed from six doctors and eight dentists. Find the probability
that the committee will consist of the following three doctors and one dentist. _____

Response: 0.1598

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Question 19

A bowl contains 15 red beads, 30 white beads, 20 blue beads, and 7 black beads. If one of the beads
is drawn at random, what is the probabilities that it will be white or black? _____

Response: 0.5139

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Question 20

If a coin is tossed twice, what is the probability of getting a head on the second toss if the outcome
on the first toss is also a head? _____

Response: 0.5000

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Question 21

If three of twenty tires are defective and four of them are randomly chosen for inspection, what is
the probability that one of the defective tires will be included? _____

Response: 0.0006

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Question 22

Arches National Park is located in southern Utah. The park is famous for its beautiful desert
landscape and its many natural sandstone arches. Park Ranger Edward McCarrick started an
inventory (not yet complete) of natural arches within the park that have an opening of at least 3
feet. The height of the arch opening is rounded to the nearest foot.

See the table:

Height of arch, feet 3-9 10-29 30-49 50-74 75 and higher

Number of arches in park 111 96 30 33 18

For an arch chosen at random in Arches NAtional PArk, use the preceding information to estimate
the probability that the height of the arch opening is 30 feet or taller. _____

Response: 0.2813
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Question 23

A bowl contains 15 red beads, 30 white beads, 20 blue beads, and 7 black beads. If one of the beads
is drawn at random, what is the probabilities that it will be black? _____

Response: 0.0972

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Question 24

McGyver is faced with the problem of opening a safe with 10 buttons numbered from 0 to 9. The
safe can be opened by pressing three buttons, not necessarily distinct, in correct order. What is the
probability that McGyver will hit the right combination? _____

Response: 0.0250

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Question 25

A committee of four people is to be formed from six doctors and eight dentists. Find the probability
that the committee will consist of the following all dentists. _____

Response: 0.0699