Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 4, Problem 56SE
Cooper Realty is a small real estate company located in Albany, New York, specializing primarily in residential listings. They recently became interested in determining the likelihood of one of their listings being sold within a certain number of days. An analysis of company sales of 800 homes in previous years produced the following data.
- a. If A is defined as the
event that a home is listed for more than 90 days before being sold, estimate theprobability of A. - b. If B is defined as the event that the initial asking price is under $150,000, estimate the probability of B.
- c. What is the probability of A ∩ B?
- d. Assuming that a contract was just signed to list a home with an initial asking price of less than $150,000, what is the probability that the home will take Cooper Realty more than 90 days to sell?
- e. Are events A and B independent?
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