Theoretical and Experimental Probability

Question 1

Find P(B|C).

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P(B|C) = = 0.38

Question 2

Out of 106 total sophomores, there were forty-eight boys who received either an A, B, or C on their first math test. Out of the twenty-eight total A’s, sixteen girls received A’s. Out of the total fifty-four B’s, thirty girls received B’s. Twelve boys received a C out of the twenty-four total C’s on the test. Which two-way table represents this information?

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Option B

Question 3

What is the probability that a randomly selected person who tested positive for the flu is vaccinated?

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StartFraction 465 Over 950 EndFraction

Question 4

Answer the questions to determine if events N and V independent. Round your answers to the nearest hundredth. P(N|V) = P(N) = Are events N and V independent events? Yes or no?

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Part 1: 0.40; Part 2: 0.40; Part 3: Yes

Question 5

Which statements are true? Check all that apply.

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Fourteen eleventh graders prefer math and eight tenth graders prefer English.; Twenty-three ninth graders and thirty-five twelfth graders prefer math.

Question 6

Use the information in the two-way table to complete the statement. The probability that a person has a positive Rh factor given that he/she has type O blood is percent. There is a greater probability for a person to have a than a person to have a positive Rh factor given type O blood.

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82; Selection 1: 82; Selection 2: positive Rh factor given type A blood

Question 7

✔ positive Rh factor given type A bloodpositive Rh factor given type AB bloodnegative Rh factor given type A bloodnegative Rh factor given type AB blood

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positive Rh factor given type A blood

Question 8

Is Miguel’s claim correct?

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No, the two events are not independent because P(PB|NF) ≠ P(PB).

Question 9

Which statement is true?

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The probability of randomly selecting a male student, given that his favorite genre is horror, is .

Question 10

Consider the following events:A: The employee is male.B: The employee is female.C: The employee takes public transportation.D: The employee takes his/her own transportation.E: The employee takes some other method of transportation. Which two events are independent?

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A and C

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