A. 5/28 C.

5/32
B. 5/16 D. 5/14
MECORREL1 – PROBABILITY & STATISTICS 16. From a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and 10
blue balls, one ball is drawn at random. Determine the
1. A factory building has six entrance doors. In how many probability that it is not red
ways can a person enter and leave by any door and by a A. 3/4 C. 2/7
different door B. 1/2 D. 1/3
A. 30, 36 C. 6, 5 17. Roll a pair of dice one time. What is the probability that
B. 36, 30 D. 36, 6 the sum of the two numbers is 9?
2. In how many ways can a set of 6 distinct books be A. 1/36 C. 1/18
arranged in a bookshelf? B. 1/9 D. 5/36
A. 720 C. 360 18. From a bag containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and 10
B. 120 D. 180 blue balls, one ball is drawn at random. Determine the
3. Three people get into a bus that has six vacant seats on probability that it is red or white.
each side. In how many ways can they be seated if one A. 7/12 C. 1/4
person insists on sitting on the right side? B. 3/4 D. 1/3
A. 720 C. 530 19. Two cards are drawn at random from an ordinary deck of
B. 660 D. 410 52 cards. Find the probability that one is a spade and one
4. In how many different ways can 4 persons be seated in is a heart.
consecutive seats in a row of 7 seats? A. 3/51 C. 13/102
A. 720 C. 90 B. 1/26 D. 2/51
B. 120 D. none of the above 20. Find the probability of drawing either an ace or a heart in
5. In how many ways can 3 marines and 4 armies be seated a single draw from a deck of 52 cards.
on a bench if the armies must be seated together? A. 4/13 C. 13/100
A. 640 C. 576 B. 1/13 D. 2/55
B. 720 D. 144 21. A fair coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of
6. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated getting exactly 3 heads?
alternately in a row of eight chairs? A. 2/17 C. 5/16
A. 576 C. 1728 B. 1/3 D. 3/4
B. 1152 D. 288 22. In a dice game, one dice is used. The player wins 10 pesos
7. In how many ways can 5 single engineers and 4 beautiful if he rolls either 1 or 6. He losses 5 pesos if he turns up
nurses be arranged in a round table if the nurses insisted any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll
of the dice?
to be seated side by side?
A. 0 C. 10
A. 1060 C. 2880 B. 2 D. 5
B. 720 D. none of the above 23. Find the median of the set of numbers;
8. In how many 4 digit numbers can be formed without 2,3,6,6,7,9,10,13,25
repeating any digit from the following: 1,2,3,4, and 6. A. 6 C. 9
A. 120 C. 140 B. 7 D. 10
B. 130 D. 150 24. Find the median of the set of numbers; 1,2,3,4,8,9,35,46
9. In how many ways can you arrange the letters in the word A. 6 C. 4
BANANA? B. 8 D. 9
A. 36 C. 52 25. Find the mode of the set of numbers 2,3,6,6,7,8,10,13,25
B. 60 D. 42 A. 6 C. 7
10. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make B. 8 D. 25
a coded signal. How many signals can be made if a signal 26. Find the mode of the set of numbers 2,3,6,6,7,7,8,10,13
consists of the display of one or more flags? A. 6 C. 7
A. 64 C. 68 B. 8 D. A & C
B. 66 D. 62 27. Find the mean of the following scores; 8,10,9,6,4,7,5,8
11. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at a A. 7.125 C. 9.125
time are taken and arranged in any way. Count the B. 8 .125 D. none of the above
number of possibilities. 28. Find the range of the set of numbers; 2,4,4,5,7,8
A. 36 C. 6 A. 7 C. 6
B. 3 D. 12 B. 8 D. 9
12. In Mathematics examination, a student may select 7 29. Find the variance of the set of numbers; 2,4,4,5,7,8
problems from a set of 10 problems. In how many ways A. 2 C. 6
can he make his choice? B. 4 D. 8
A. 120 C. 720 30. Find the standard deviation of the set of numbers;
B. 530 D. 320 2,4,4,5,7,8
13. A semi-conductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. A. 2 C. 6
In how many ways can the company choose from 9 men B. 4 D. 8
and 6 women?
A. 680 C. 480
B. 540 D. 840
14. How many different sums of money can be made from a
penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter?
A. 24 C. 15
B. 12 D. 20
15. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If the two balls
are drawn in succession without replacement, what is the
probability that both balls are black?

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