In: Statistics and Probability
For a certain candy,
55%
of the pieces are yellow,
1515%
are red,
55%
are blue,
2020%
are green, and the rest are brown.
a) If you pick a piece at random, what is the probability that it is brown? it is yellow or blue? it is not green? it is striped?
b) Assume you have an infinite supply of these candy pieces from which to draw. If you pick three pieces in a row, what is the probability that they are all brown? the third one is the first one that is red? none are yellow? at least one is green?
a) The probability that it is brown is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)The probability that it is yellow or blue is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)The probability that it is not green is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)The probability that it is striped is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)b) The probability of picking three brown candies is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
The probability of the third one being the first red one is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
The probability that none are yellow is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
The probability of at least one green candy is
nothing.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
For a certain candy, 5% of the pieces are yellow, 15% are red, 5% are blue, 20% are green, and the rest are brown.
So here brown percentage = 100 - 5 - 15 - 5 - 20 = 55%
a) If you pick a piece at random, what is the probability that it is brown? it is yellow or blue? it is not green? it is striped?
Answer :
Pr(It is brown) = 0.55
Pr(It is yellow or blue) = Pr(Yellow) + Pr(Blue) = 0.05 + 0.05 = 0.10
Pr(It is not green) = 1 - Pr(Green) = 1 - 0.20 = 0.80
Pr(It is striped) = 0.0
b) Assume you have an infinite supply of these candy pieces from which to draw. If you pick three pieces in a row, what is the probability that they are all brown? the third one is the first one that is red? none are yellow? at least one is green?
Answer :
If we draw three pieces of these cany
Pr(THey are all brown) = Pr(First one is brown) * Pr(Second one is brown) * Pr(Third one is brown)
= 0.55 * 0.55 * 0.55 = 0.166
Pr(Third one is the first one that is red) = Pr(first one is red) * Pr(Third one is red) = 0.15 * 0.15 = 0.0225
Pr(None are yellow) = (1 - 0.05)3 = 1 - 0.953 = 0.143
probability of at least one green candy = Pr(At least one green candy) = 1 - Pr(No green candy) = 1 - (1 - 0.20)3 = 0.488