In: Statistics and Probability
Chapter 3 Section 7 Problem 2
We have 22 female and 26 male patients in the hospital. I am going to select 36 of these patients for transfer to another hospital.
(a) What is the expected number of female patients to be transferred
(b) What is the probability that the same number of male and female
patients transferred?
Chapter 3 Section 8 Problem 2
The number of flowers on my balcony follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 0.25 per square foot.
a) What is the probability of two or more flowers per square
foot?
b) What is the probability of no flowers in 5 square feet?
c) What is the probability of two or fewer flowers in 5 square
feet?