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Find the mode for the stem-and-leaf plot shown below. |
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53 |
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59 |
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25 |
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52 |
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Find the standard deviation of the set {4, 7, 3, 8, 2, 6, 5, 8, 3, 2} to the nearest hundredth. |
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2.35 |
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2.46 |
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C. |
2.23 |
D. |
2.00 |
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3. |
The KlipKlamp company manufactures paper clips with masses that are normally distributed with a mean of 2.5 grams and a standard deviation of 0.125 gram. What percent of the clips are more than 2.75 grams? |
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0.5% |
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2.5% |
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16% |
D. |
5% |
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4. |
The curve shown is________. |
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positively skewed |
B. |
negatively skewed |
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not skewed |
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normal |
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The letters a, b, c, and d will be used to form passwords for the school's computer system. How many 4-letter passwords may be formed if the letters can be used more than once in any password? |
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20 |
B. |
256 |
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16 |
D. |
300 |
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How many ways can seven books be arranged on a shelf if one of the books is an algebra text and it must be in the center? |
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120 |
B. |
625 |
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50 |
D. |
720 |
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7. |
What is n if n[P(15, 5)] = P(14, 6)?. |
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120 |
B. |
9 |
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15 |
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6 |
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8. |
Evaluate C(5, 3). |
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30 |
B. |
10 |
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20 |
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40 |
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What is the probability of selecting 3 vowels at random from the word mathematics? |
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3 cards are drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of drawing either 3 red cards or 3 face cards. |
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The probability of a basketball player making a free throw during the regular season is . During a championship game, this player made two out of three attempts. Based on his regular season record, what was the probability of making two out of three attempts? |
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or about 0.1389 |
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or about 0.3472 |
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or about 0.2778 |
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or about 0.6944 |
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In 1992, 92% of the people surveyed felt that professional athletes were overpaid. If the margin of error for the sampling was 3%, how many people were surveyed? |
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2944 |
B. |
327 |
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225 |
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736 |
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Suppose two dice are rolled. What is the probability of rolling doubles? |
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Suppose two dice are rolled. What is the probability of rolling a sum greater than an eight? |
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Eddie flips a coin, rolls a die, and draws one card from a standard deck of 52. What is the probability that he turned up heads, rolled a prime number, and picked a king or queen? |
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0.038 |
B. |
0.026 |
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C. |
0.019 |
D. |
0.051 |
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Max gets to choose 6 balloons from a group of 10 red balloons and 15 blue balloons. What is the probability that at least 4 balloons are red? |
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0.057 |
B. |
0.147 |
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C. |
0.125 |
D. |
0.023 |
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Suppose a mathematician has a probability of answering any math question correctly. What is the probability that he answers at least 2 out of 5 questions correctly? |
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0.00046 |
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0.0081 |
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0.00856 |
D. |
0.99954 |
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In order to determine the preferred shampoo of women, 100 men were asked what kind of shampoo their wives used. Assuming that each knew for sure what their wives used, is this a random sample? If not, why is it not? |
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no, because the study is only getting results about married women |
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no, because women change shampoo too frequently |
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no, because the study is asking men |
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yes |
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