1.Suppose that a computer chip company has just shipped 10,000 computer chips to a computer company.​ Unfortunately,40 of the chips are defective. ​(a) Compute the probability that two randomly selected chips are defective using conditional probability. ​(b) The probability that the first randomly selected chip is defective is 40/10,000=0.004=0.4%. Compute the probability that two randomly selected chips are defective under the assumption of independent events.

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1.Suppose that a computer chip company has just shipped 10,000 computer chips to a computer company.​ Unfortunately,40 of the chips are defective.
​(a) Compute the probability that two randomly selected chips are defective using conditional probability.
​(b) The probability that the first randomly selected chip is defective is
40/10,000=0.004=0.4%.
Compute the probability that two randomly selected chips are defective under the assumption of independent events.
 
 
2.Suppose the data below​ represent, in​ thousands, the type of health insurance coverage of people by age. DetermineP(<18 years old) and
P(<18 years old | no health insurance). Are the events​"<18 years​ old" and​ "no health​ insurance" independent?

 

 
Age
 
 
<18
​18-44
​45-64
>64
Total
Private health insurance
48,347
 
70,971
 
53,225
 
21,980
 
194,523
Government health insurance
23,129
 
10,448
 
13,686
 
34,369
 
81,632
No health insurance
6,286
 
29,045
 
14,778
 
672
 
50,781
Total
77,762
 
110,464
 
81,689
 
57,021
 
326,936

 

 

3.The data on the right represent the number of traffic fatalities by seat location and gender. Determine P(male​)and ​P(male​|driver​).Are the events "male​" and "driver​" ​independent?

Male
Total
 
Driver
32,886
11,887
44,773
 
Passenger
6,491
6,485
12,976
 
Total
39,377
18,372
57,749
 
Determine
​P(male​).
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