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Find the median for the set of data shown below. |
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8 |
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19 |
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9.75 |
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6.8 |
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The table shows the sales of athletic footwear for a recent year. Which measure of central tendency is the greatest? |
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mode |
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median |
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mean |
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none |
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The curve shown is________. |
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not skewed |
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normal |
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positively skewed |
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negatively skewed |
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Select the tree diagram that shows all the possible results of tossing a penny and rolling a number cube. |
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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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16 |
B. |
300 |
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256 |
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20 |
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Solve n[P(7, 5)] = P(8, 6) for n. |
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8 |
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12 |
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4 |
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16 |
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What is n if n[P(15, 5)] = P(14, 6)?. |
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6 |
B. |
9 |
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15 |
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120 |
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Kim has 3 blue sweaters, 2 red sweaters, and 5 white sweaters in a dresser drawer. If she selects 3 sweaters at random with replacement, what is the probability she will select a red one first, white second, and blue third? |
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Find the probability of rolling two number cubes and getting a 2 on one number cube and a 6 on the other? |
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Two cards are drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of drawing either two jacks or two red cards. |
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According to a survey of randomly selected adults who exercise regularly, 62% of the group said they run 40 minutes, 3 times a week. If the margin of error was 2%, how many people were surveyed? |
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9424 |
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380 |
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2356 |
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1178 |
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Suppose three coins are tossed, and each time, they turn up heads. What is the probability that the next toss will be heads? |
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0.9375 |
B. |
0.5 |
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C. |
0.0625 |
D. |
0.125 |
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According to NFL statistics, the Cincinnati Bengals will be blown out in 5 out of 16 games, regardless of opponent. What are the odds of Cincinnati playing a close game? |
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11:16 |
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11:5 |
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16:5 |
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5:11 |
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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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0.147 |
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0.125 |
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0.023 |
D. |
0.057 |
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Which set of data is positively skewed? |
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{9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 13, 15, 17} |
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{10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16} |
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{9, 11, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 17, 17} |
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{9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17} |
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Suppose a family has 9 children. What is the probability that they have at least 5 boys? |
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Suppose a mathematician has a probability of answering any math question correctly. What is the probability that he answers exactly 3 out of 5 math questions correctly? |
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0.54 |
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0.328 |
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0.0729 |
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0.0081 |
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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 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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no, because the study is only getting results about married women |
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