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An insurance company's records of 12,299 automobile insurance policies revealed that 2073 made a claim. Among insured drivers under age 25, there were 1032 claims out of 5192 policies (courtesy of J....
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When bidding on two projects, the president and vice president of a construction company make the following probability assessments for winning the contracts. For both cases, examine whether or not th...
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Refer to Exercise 4.45. (a) If a fast food restaurant selected at random is found to comply with safety standards, what is the probability that it violates sanitary standards? (b) If a restaurant se...
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A restaurant critic goes to a place twice. If she has an unsatisfactory experience during both visits, she will go once more. Otherwise she will make only the two visits. Assuming that the results for...
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Of three events, A, B, and C, suppose events A and B are independent and events B and C are mutually exclusive. Their probabilities are P(A) = .6, P(B) = .3, and P( C ) = .2. Express the following eve...
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