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Number of Days Probabilities

The document contains 6 problems related to probability distributions and statistics. Problem 1 provides a table of probabilities for the number of days it will take Sam to notice the speaker. Problem 2 gives data on the number and types of nails placed in a bin. Problem 3 provides a scenario about waiting for a train and asks probability questions. Problem 4 asks about the probability of sales calls. Problem 5 gives data about orange sales. Problem 6 asks to find values from the F distribution table.

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Number of Days Probabilities

The document contains 6 problems related to probability distributions and statistics. Problem 1 provides a table of probabilities for the number of days it will take Sam to notice the speaker. Problem 2 gives data on the number and types of nails placed in a bin. Problem 3 provides a scenario about waiting for a train and asks probability questions. Problem 4 asks about the probability of sales calls. Problem 5 gives data about orange sales. Problem 6 asks to find values from the F distribution table.

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1. I have decided to muster all my courage to make a move.

The number of days it takes for


Sam to notice me and the probability that it will take that number of days are in the table.

Number of days Probabilities

1 24.9%

2 10.8%

3 9.1%

4 12.3%

5 13.3%

6 11.4%

7 7.0%

8 4.6%

9 1.9%

10 1.3%

11 1.0%

12 0.8%

13 0.6%

14 0.4%

15 0.2%

16 0.2%

17 0.1%

18 0.1%

a. State the random variable.


b. Draw a histogram of the number of days to fix defects
c. What is the expected value?
d. What is the probability that it will take at least 16 days for Sam to notice me?
2. Evertight, a leading manufacturer of quality nails, produces 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-inche
nails for various uses. I the production process, if there is an overrun or the nails are
slightly defective, they are placed in a common bin. Yesterday, 706 of the 1-inch nails,
243 of the 2-inch nails, 41 of the 3-inch nails, 694 of the 4-inch nails and 563 of the 5-
inch nails were placed in the bin.

a. Plot out the distribution of the nails in the table below:

Type of Nail Number of Bin Probability


1-inch
2-inch 243
3-inch 41
4-inch
5-inch
TOTAL 100%

b. What is the probability of reaching into the bin and getting a 2-inch nail?

c. What is the probability of getting at most 4 inches? Events are mutually exclusive.

3. I went to buy a gift. And now I’m on my way back from Divisoria. Time is precious for
me, and so I want to know the probability I will have to wait between ten and twenty-five
minutes for the next train
a. State the random variable.
b. Draw the probability distribution function.
c. Find the probability that you have to wait between fourteen and twenty-two minutes
for a train.
d. Find the probability that you have to wait between eleven and fifteen minutes for a
train.
e. Find the probability that you have to wait more than eighteen minutes for a train.
f. Find the probability of waiting exactly twenty-three minutes.

4. Gary Schwarts is the top salesman for his company. Records indicate that he makes a sale on .
4% of his sales calls.
a. If he calls on 4 potential clients, what is the probability that he makes exactly 2 sales?

b. What is the probability that he makes exactly 4 sales?


5. Steve Goodman, production foreman for the Florida Gold Fruit Company, estimates that the
average sale of oranges is 5,600 and standard deviation is 500 apples. What is the probability that
sales will be less than 7,000 apples? Draw the probability distribution function.

6. Use the F table to find the value of F for the upper 5% of the F distribution.

GIVEN ANSWER

df1 = 16, df2 = 5

df1 = 14, df2 = 4

df1 = 6, df2 = 9

df1 = 5 df2 = 3

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