1.

Central School PTA committee is to consist of 3 teachers and 3 parents, who are to be chosen at
random from the 24 teachers and 145 parents involved in the PTA. If half of the teachers and 99
parents are female, find the probability that the committee has:
a. Only female members
b. Only 1 parent and only 1 teacher who is female
c. At least one non-female member

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2. A bag contains 5 red marbles and 3 white marbles. If 2 marbles are randomly drawn, one after the
other and without replacement, what is the probability that…
a. 0 red marbles are drawn
b. 2 red marbles are drawn
c. At least 1 white marble is drawn?

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c. At lest 3 face cards?
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the bag, what is the probability that both are defective?

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box. What is the probability that at least one marble is red?

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6. Ninety-five percent of the sneakers manufactured by a shoe company have no defects. In order to
find the 5% that do have defects, inspectors carefully look over every pair of sneakers. Still, the
inspectors sometimes make mistakes because 8% of the defective pairs pass inspection and 1% of
the good pairs fail the inspection test.
a. Incorporate the facts given above into a tree diagram.
b. What percent of the sneakers pass inspection?
c. If a pair of sneakers does not pass inspection, what is the probability that it has a defect?

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8. Jar A contains 2 red balls and 3 white balls. Jar B contains 4 red balls and 1 white ball. A coin is
tossed. If it shows “heads”, a ball is randomly picked from jar A; if it shows “tails” a ball is
randomly picked from Jar B.
a. Draw a tree diagram showing the probabilities of each jar and then the probabilities of picking a
red ball or a white ball.
b. Find the probability of picking a red ball.
c. If a red ball is picked, find the probability that it came from Jar A.

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accepted, and they know that dormitory housing will only be provided for 60% of all accepted
students.
a. Draw a tree diagram to represent this situation.
b. What is the probability that a student is accepted and receives housing?
c. It is also determined that if a student is accepted and receives housing, there is an 80% chance
that they will have at least one roommate. Incorporate this information into the tree diagram and
then calculate the probability that a student is accepted, receives housing, and does not have a
roommate.
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10. In an election (between candidate A and candidate B), it was found that in NJ, 50% of the voters
supported candidate A, in NY 60% of the voters supported candidate A, and in CT, 35% of the
voters supported candidate A. Of the total population for the voters in this election, 35% live in NJ,
40% live in NY, and 25% live in CT. If a voter voted for candidate B, what is the probability they
are from NJ?

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11. Suppose you play a game in which 5 coins are tossed simultaneously. If 1, 2, 3, or 4 “heads” occur,
you win $1 for each “head”. If all “heads” or all “tails” occur, however, you lose $20. What is the
game’s expected payoff?

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12. A die is rolled. If the number that shows is odd, player A wins $1 from player B. If it is a 6, A wins
$2 from B. Otherwise B wins $3 from A. Is this game fair? If not, which player has the advantage?

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13. A box contains 3 red balls and 2 green balls. Two balls are randomly chosen without replacement.
If both are green, you win $2. If just one is green you win $1. Otherwise you lose $1. What is your
expected gain or loss?

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for the three prizes.
a. Find the expected winnings for a person participating in this contest.
b. Is it worth paying a dollar to enter this sweepstakes?

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15. An insurance company has determined that in a certain region the probability of lightning striking
a house in a given year is about 0.0003, and the average cost of repairs of lightning damage is
$7500 per incident. The company charges $25 per year for lightning insurance.
a. What is the company’s expected value for the net income from each lightning insurance policy?
b. If the company has 450,000 lightning damage policies, what is the company’s expected yearly
income from lightning insurance?

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