3. Suppose at a small college, 30% of the students are freshmen, and 60% of the students live on campus. Also, assume that living on campus is independent of the class of the student.

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3. Suppose at a small college, 30% of the students are freshmen, and 60% of the
students live on campus. Also, assume that living on campus is independent of the class
of the student.
a. What is the probability that a random student is a freshman who lives
on campus?
b. What is the probability that a random student is not a freshman and
does not live on campus?
c. What is the probability that a random student is a freshman or lives on campus?
d. If three random students are selected, what is the probability that
all three students live on campus?
e. If three students are selected at random, what is the probability that
exactly one of the three is a freshman?
Transcribed Image Text:3. Suppose at a small college, 30% of the students are freshmen, and 60% of the students live on campus. Also, assume that living on campus is independent of the class of the student. a. What is the probability that a random student is a freshman who lives on campus? b. What is the probability that a random student is not a freshman and does not live on campus? c. What is the probability that a random student is a freshman or lives on campus? d. If three random students are selected, what is the probability that all three students live on campus? e. If three students are selected at random, what is the probability that exactly one of the three is a freshman?
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Given,

The probability that the students are freshmen is pf=0.30

The probability that the students live on campus is pc=0.60

Let X be the random variable that denotes the no. of students that are freshmen.

Therefore X~Binomial(n,pf)

Let Y be the random variable that denotes the no. of students that live in campus.

Therefore Y~Binomial(n,pc)

d). If three random students are selected, then n=3

Therefore, the required probability that all three students live on campus is obtained as-

PY=3=C33×0.603×1-0.603-3=1×0.603×1=0.216

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