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Find the mean of the set {14, 16, 23, 9, 13, 31, 12, 28}. |
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19 |
B. |
18.25 |
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C. |
16.5 |
D. |
15 |
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The machine that fills gallon milk jugs at a dairy dispenses the milk in amounts that are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.002 gallon. What percent of the jugs will get between 0.998 and 1.002 gallons of milk? |
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95% |
B. |
100% |
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C. |
68% |
D. |
99% |
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3. |
Which tree diagram shows all the possible results of buying volleyball shoes V, running shoes R, and dress shoes D if each type of shoe comes in black, navy, and red. |
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A. |
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B. |
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C. |
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D. |
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4. |
Find  |
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A. |
665,280 |
B. |
1,320,000 |
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C. |
720,000 |
D. |
332,640 |
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5. |
Evaluate C(5, 3). |
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A. |
40 |
B. |
20 |
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C. |
10 |
D. |
30 |
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A bag contains 7 blue marbles, 8 green marbles, 15 red marbles, and 10 yellow marbles. Find the probability of randomly drawing without replacement, a blue marble and then a red. |
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or about 0.0673 |
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or about 0.0438 |
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or about 0.0656 |
D. |
or about 0.2273 |
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7. |
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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8. |
Susan forgot to study for her economics quiz. She guessed on all five true/false questions. Does this situation represent a binomial experiment? |
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Yes, because the trials are selected at random. |
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Yes, because each trial has exactly two outcomes; the probability of each trial is ; there are five trials and these are independent. |
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Yes, because the answer is right or wrong. |
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Yes, because the questions are dependent and mutually inclusive. |
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9. |
Which of the following is an example of a dependent event? |
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tossing a coin |
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entering a digit of a telephone number |
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picking a numbered ball in a lottery |
D. |
rolling a die |
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10. |
Elizabeth has 12 female friends and 10 male friends. If she is having an eight-person party, what is the probability that there will be 5 girls and 3 boys, if she chooses people at random? |
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0.149 |
B. |
0.297 |
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C. |
0.152 |
D. |
0.594 |
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According to NFL statistics, the Cincinnati Bengals will lose 13 out of 16 games, regardless of opponent. What are the odds of Cincinnati losing a game? |
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A. |
13:16 |
B. |
3:13 |
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C. |
13:3 |
D. |
16:13 |
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An office of 30 people is having a 10-person meeting, with the participants being chosen at random. If the department is comprised of 22 women and 8 men, what is the probability that at most 2 men are selected? |
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A. |
0.548 |
B. |
0.274 |
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C. |
0.226 |
D. |
0.452 |
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In a survey of 100 people, 65 liked the color blue, and 45 liked the color green. If 20 people disliked both green and blue, how many people liked both? |
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65 |
B. |
10 |
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15 |
D. |
30 |
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Baseball players are trying to show that they deserve more money. Their owner is paying 10 of them $1 million, 8 of them $2 million, and 3 of them $15 million. To support their case, which measure of central tendency should they use? |
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median |
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mode |
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standard deviation |
D. |
mean |
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Suppose that the mean is 50. How many standard deviations away is the value 65? |
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cannot be determined from given information |
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about 1 standard deviation |
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about 2 standard deviations |
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within 1 standard deviation |
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16. |
How many ways are there to correctly answer 2 out of 7 true-or-false questions? |
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2 |
B. |
2520 |
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21 |
D. |
42 |
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17. |
In order to determine what American people like to do, a group of 100 random American men were asked what their hobbies were. Is this a random sample? If not, why is it not? |
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yes |
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no, because no women are included |
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no, because it only includes Americans |
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no, because it is based on opinion |
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In a recent poll, 56 out of 140 people said no. What is the margin of error? |
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about 4% |
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about 5% |
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C. |
about 9% |
D. |
about 8% |
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