In: Statistics and Probability
The CDC reported that approximately 0.22 of the adult
population will be infected with influenza this...
- The CDC reported that approximately 0.22 of the adult
population will be infected with influenza this year. Seven adults
were randomly selected. What is the probability that at least 6
will be infected with influenza?
- The Governor’s Task Force on Gambling reported that gambling is
addictive. You don’t care. You want to get rich quickly. You bet
$40 on Red on the Revolving Wheel game which has a total of 250
squares on the wheel. This game has only red and green squares. One
hundred eighty squares are green. If you win, you receive $100.
What is your outcome?
- The Department of Addiction Services is designing a
questionnaire on determining the addictive behavior of gambling.
There are 25 questions total. A question on incidence of gambling
is repeated 4 times, a question on the harmful addiction of
gambling is repeated 15 times, and a question on the permanent
financial damage with gamblers is repeated 6 times. How many
different question arrangements are possible?
- The Department of Death Statistics reported that in one year
there were 1095 deaths due to influenza in New York. What is the
probability that the Department will see exactly 5 deaths on any
given day?
- The Department of the Navy calculated that during WWII, 2 U.S.
hospital ships meeting at Pearl Harbor followed the exponential
distribution with a mean of 6 minutes. What is the probably that
time interval between the hospital ships meeting was between 3 to 9
minutes, inclusive?