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The line plot shows the lengths in feet of a group of adult seals. What is the mean length to the nearest tenth? |
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7.0 ft |
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6.5 ft |
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6.9 ft |
D. |
7.3 ft |
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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. |
68% |
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C. |
99% |
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100% |
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The weights of the babies born in Martin County Hospital are normally distributed with a mean of 119 ounces and a standard deviation of 20 ounces. What percent of the babies have a birth weight between 59 and 179 ounces? |
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95% |
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68% |
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100% |
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99% |
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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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5. |
Find  |
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665,280 |
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720,000 |
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C. |
332,640 |
D. |
1,320,000 |
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6. |
Multiply C(12, 5)× C(15, 10). |
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180 |
B. |
3003 |
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C. |
792 |
D. |
2,378,376 |
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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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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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Jessie has 3 beaded bracelets, and 4 gold bracelets. She randomly selects 2 to wear to school. What is the probability that she will choose two beaded bracelets? |
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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 answer is right or wrong. |
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Yes, because the trials are selected at random. |
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Yes, because the questions are dependent and mutually inclusive. |
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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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In baseball, a cycle occurs when someone hits a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game. Assuming that a player bats only four times in a game, how many different ways can someone hit for the cycle? |
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12 |
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24 |
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256 |
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6 |
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Martha goes to the dentist and finds out that she has five cavities. If she has 16 upper teeth and 16 lower teeth, what is the probability that all five cavities are on the upper teeth? |
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0.022 |
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0.11 |
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0.011 |
D. |
0.22 |
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Suppose two dice are rolled. What is the probability that a sum of 2, 4, or 6 will not be rolled? |
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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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0.226 |
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0.274 |
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0.452 |
D. |
0.548 |
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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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mean |
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standard deviation |
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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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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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yes |
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no, because women change shampoo too frequently |
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no, because the study is only getting results about married women |
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no, because the study is asking men |
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In order to determine the most popular ride at Cedar Point, a researcher interviewed people in the parking lot as they were leaving Cedar point. Assuming that everyone went on the rides that they like, is this a random sample? If not, why is it not? |
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no, because some of the rides may be new |
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no, because some of the lines may have been long |
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yes |
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no, because it does not include other parks |
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