document.write( "Question 72599: 1. In shipment containing 10 TV sets, 2 are defective. Two TV sets are taken for inspection in succession without replacement. What is the probability that
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document.write( "a. A defective TV sets shall be taken on the first draw?
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document.write( "b. A non-defective shall be taken on the first and a non-defective on the second?
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document.write( "c. A non-defective on the second given that it is a non-defective on the first?
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document.write( "2. Two balls are drawn in succession with replacement from a box containing 5 red, 4 blue, and 2 yellow balls. If the first ball drawn is red, then what is the probability that the second ball is drawn
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document.write( "a. Red
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document.write( "b. Blue
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document.write( "c. Yellow
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document.write( "3. If a cards is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards, then what is the probability of getting
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document.write( "a. A red card and a face card
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document.write( "b. A diamond and a number below 6
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document.write( "c. A black and a spade
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document.write( "4. In a council meeting, 5 representatives are seniors, 4 are juniors, 3 are sophomores and 2 are freshmen. The council decided to form a committee with 4 members, If all the representative are given an equal chance of being selected as committee members, then what is the probability that
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document.write( "a. The members consists of different year level
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document.write( "b. Two are seniors and 2 are juniors
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Algebra.Com's Answer #52212 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1. In shipment containing 10 TV sets, 2 are defective. Two TV sets are taken for inspection in succession without replacement. What is the probability that \n" ); document.write( "a. A defective TV sets shall be taken on the first draw? \n" ); document.write( "2/10 \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "b. A non-defective shall be taken on the first and a non-defective on the second? \n" ); document.write( "(8/10)(7/9) because of \"without replacement\" these are dependent events. \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "c. A non-defective on the second given that it is a non-defective on the first? \n" ); document.write( "P(N|N) = (7/9) \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "2. Two balls are drawn in succession with replacement from a box containing 5 red, 4 blue, and 2 yellow balls. If the first ball drawn is red, then what is the probability that the second ball is drawn \n" ); document.write( "COMMENT: Because of \"with replacement\" it doesn't matter what happened on the \n" ); document.write( "first draw. \n" ); document.write( "a. P(Red)=5/11 \n" ); document.write( "b. P(Blue)=4/11 \n" ); document.write( "c. P(Yellow)=2/11 \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "3. If a cards is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards, then what is the probability of getting \n" ); document.write( "a. P(A red card and a face card)= 6/52 \n" ); document.write( "--------- \n" ); document.write( "b. P(A diamond and a number below 6) = 4/52 \n" ); document.write( "--------- \n" ); document.write( "c. P(A black and a spade)=13/52 \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "4. In a council meeting, 5 representatives are seniors, 4 are juniors, 3 are sophomores and 2 are freshmen. The council decided to form a committee with 4 members, If all the representative are given an equal chance of being selected as committee members, then what is the probability that \n" ); document.write( "a. The members consists of different year leve \n" ); document.write( "There are 5*4*3*2 groups of four with one member from each class. \n" ); document.write( "There are 14C4 different groups of four \n" ); document.write( "P(all four members are from a different class) = 5*4*3*2/14C4=0.11 \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "b. (Two are seniors and 2 are juniors) \n" ); document.write( "There are 5C2*4C2 = 60 groups of four that have 2 seniors and 2 juniors \n" ); document.write( "There are 14C4 groups of four \n" ); document.write( "P(2 seniors and 2 juniots) = 60/14C4 =0.05994 \n" ); document.write( "============ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |