Questions from Business Statistics

Q: You are one space short of winning a child board game and

You are one space short of winning a child board game and must roll a 1 on a die to claim victory. You want to know how many rolls it might take. 1. Describe how you would simulate rolling the die unt...

Q: Let take one last look at the Hope Solo picture search.

Let take one last look at the Hope Solo picture search. You know her picture is in 20% of the cereal boxes. You buy five boxes to see how many pictures of Hope you might get. 1. Describe how you would...

Q: Suppose 75% of all drivers always wear their seatbelts. Let

Suppose 75% of all drivers always wear their seatbelts. Let investigate how many of the drivers might be belted among five cars waiting at a traffic light. 1. Describe how you would simulate the numbe...

Q: A Department of Transportation report about air travel found that, nationwide

A Department of Transportation report about air travel found that, nationwide, 76% of all flights are on time. Suppose you are at the airport and your flight is one of 50 scheduled to take off in the...

Q: A Department of Transportation report about air travel found that airlines misplace

A Department of Transportation report about air travel found that airlines misplace about 5 bags per 1000 passengers. Suppose you are traveling with a group of people who have checked 22 pieces of lug...

Q: A basketball player has made 80% of his foul shots during

A basketball player has made 80% of his foul shots during the season. Assuming the shots are independent, find the probability that in tonight game he 1. misses for the first time on his fifth attempt...

Q: Suppose a computer chip manufacturer rejects 2% of the chips produced

Suppose a computer chip manufacturer rejects 2% of the chips produced because they fail presale testing. 1. What the probability that the fifth chip you test is the first bad one you find? 2. What the...

Q: For the basketball player in Exercise 19 , what the expected number

For the basketball player in Exercise 19 , what the expected number of shots until he misses?

Q: On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted that

On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted that Pluto is not a planet. Some members of the public have been reluctant to accept that decision. Let look at some of the data. Is ther...

Q: For the computer chips described in Exercise 20 , how many do

For the computer chips described in Exercise 20 , how many do you expect to test before finding a bad one?