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Addition Rule of Probability
It simply refers to the likelihood of an event taking place whenever the occurrence of an event is uncertain. The probability of a single event can be calculated by dividing the number of successful trials of that event by the total number of trials.
Expected Value
When a large number of trials are performed for any random variable ‘X’, the predicted result is most likely the mean of all the outcomes for the random variable and it is known as expected value also known as expectation. The expected value, also known …
Probability Distributions
Understanding probability is necessary to know the probability distributions. In statistics, probability is how the uncertainty of an event is measured. This event can be anything. The most common examples include tossing a coin, rolling a die, or choosi…
Basic Probability
The simple definition of probability it is a chance of the occurrence of an event. It is defined in numerical form and the probability value is between 0 to 1. The probability value 0 indicates that there is no chance of that event occurring and the prob…
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Chapter 13, Problem 31E

Batteries A junk box in your room contains a dozen old batteries, five of which are totally dead. You start picking batteries one at a time and testing them. Find the probability of each outcome.

  1. a) The first two you choose are both good.
  2. b) At least one of the first three works.
  3. c) The first four you pick all work.
  4. d) You have to pick five batteries to find one that works.
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Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 1JCCh. 13.3 - Prob. 2JCCh. 13.4 - Prob. 3JCCh. 13 - Pet ownership Suppose that 25% of people have a...Ch. 13 - Cooking and shopping Forty-five percent of...Ch. 13 - Sports What is the probability that a person likes...Ch. 13 - Prob. 4ECh. 13 - Late to the train A student figures that he has a...Ch. 13 - Field goals A nervous kicker usually makes 70% of...Ch. 13 - Titanic On the Titanic, the probability of...
Ch. 13 - Prob. 8ECh. 13 - Facebook Facebook reports that 70% of its users...Ch. 13 - Prob. 10ECh. 13 - Prob. 11ECh. 13 - Prob. 12ECh. 13 - Prob. 13ECh. 13 - Prob. 14ECh. 13 - Prob. 15ECh. 13 - Prob. 16ECh. 13 - Prob. 17ECh. 13 - Prob. 18ECh. 13 - Prob. 19ECh. 13 - Prob. 20ECh. 13 - Prob. 21ECh. 13 - 22. Pets In its monthly report, the local animal...Ch. 13 - Health The probabilities that an adult American...Ch. 13 - Immigration The table shows the political...Ch. 13 - Prob. 25ECh. 13 - Prob. 26ECh. 13 - Prob. 27ECh. 13 - Prob. 28ECh. 13 - Prob. 29ECh. 13 - Prob. 30ECh. 13 - Batteries A junk box in your room contains a dozen...Ch. 13 - Prob. 32ECh. 13 - Eligibility A university requires its biology...Ch. 13 - Benefits Fifty-six percent of all American workers...Ch. 13 - Prob. 35ECh. 13 - Prob. 36ECh. 13 - Prob. 37ECh. 13 - Prob. 38ECh. 13 - Unsafe food Early in 2010, Consumer Reports...Ch. 13 - 40. Birth order, finis In Exercises 20 and 26, we...Ch. 13 - Prob. 41ECh. 13 - Prob. 42ECh. 13 - Prob. 43ECh. 13 - Prob. 44ECh. 13 - Prob. 45ECh. 13 - Cars A random survey of autos parked in student...Ch. 13 - Prob. 47ECh. 13 - Prob. 48ECh. 13 - Prob. 49ECh. 13 - Prob. 50ECh. 13 - Prob. 51ECh. 13 - Prob. 52ECh. 13 - Prob. 53ECh. 13 - Prob. 54ECh. 13 - Drunks Police often set up sobriety...Ch. 13 - No-shows An airline offers discounted...Ch. 13 - Prob. 57ECh. 13 - Parts A company manufacturing electronic...Ch. 13 - HIV testing In July 2005, the journal Annals of...Ch. 13 - Polygraphs Lie detectors are controversial...
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