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Discrete Mathematics With ApplicationsA person takes a multiple-choice exam in which each question has four possible answers. Suppose that the person has no idea about the answers to three of the questions and simply chooses randomly for each one. a. What is the probability that the person will answer all three questions correctly? b. What is the probability that the person will answer exactly two questions correctly? c. What is the probability that the person will answer exactly one question correctly? d. What is the probability that the person will answer no questions correctly? e. Suppose that the person gets one point of credit for each correct answer and that 1/3 point is deducted for each incorrect answer. What is the expected value of the person’s score for the three questions?
A person takes a multiple-choice exam in which each question has four possible answers. Suppose that the person has no idea about the answers to three of the questions and simply chooses randomly for each one. a. What is the probability that the person will answer all three questions correctly? b. What is the probability that the person will answer exactly two questions correctly? c. What is the probability that the person will answer exactly one question correctly? d. What is the probability that the person will answer no questions correctly? e. Suppose that the person gets one point of credit for each correct answer and that 1/3 point is deducted for each incorrect answer. What is the expected value of the person’s score for the three questions?
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A person takes a multiple-choice exam in which each question has four possible answers. Suppose that the person has no idea about the answers to three of the questions and simply chooses randomly for each one.
a. What is the probability that the person will answer all three questions correctly?
b. What is the probability that the person will answer exactly two questions correctly?
c. What is the probability that the person will answer exactly one question correctly?
d. What is the probability that the person will answer no questions correctly?
e. Suppose that the person gets one point of credit for each correct answer and that 1/3 point is deducted for each incorrect answer. What is the expected value of the person’s score for the three questions?
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If A and...Ch. 9.3 - For each of exercises 37-39, the number of...Ch. 9.3 - For each of exerciser 37-39, the number of dements...Ch. 9.3 - For each exercises 37-39, the number of elements...Ch. 9.3 - For 40 and 41, use the definition of the Euler phi...Ch. 9.3 - For 40 and 41, use the definition of the Euler phi...Ch. 9.3 - A gambler decides to play successive games of...Ch. 9.3 - A derangement of the set {1,2,….,n} is a...Ch. 9.3 - Note that a product x1x2x3 may be parenthesized in...Ch. 9.3 - Use mathematical induction to prove Theorem 9.3.1.Ch. 9.3 - Prove the inclusion/exclusion rule for two sets A...Ch. 9.3 - Prove the inclusion/exclusion rule for three sets.Ch. 9.3 - Use mathematical induction to prove the general...Ch. 9.3 - A circular disk is cut into n distinct scctuis....Ch. 9.4 - The pigeonhole principle states that_______Ch. 9.4 - The generalized pigeonhole principle states that...Ch. 9.4 - If X and Y are finite sets and f is a function...Ch. 9.4 - A small town has only 500 residents. 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The...Ch. 9.8 - A fair coin is tossed until either a head comes up...Ch. 9.8 - A gambler repeatedly bets that a die will come up...Ch. 9.9 - If A and B are any events in a sample space S and...Ch. 9.9 - Bayes’ theorem says that if a sample space S is a...Ch. 9.9 - Events A and B in a sample space S are independent...Ch. 9.9 - Events A, B, and C in a sample space S are...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose?????. What is????Ch. 9.9 - Suppose P(XY)=1/3 and P(Y)=1/4. What is P(XY) ?Ch. 9.9 - The instructor of a discrete mathematics class...Ch. 9.9 - a. Prove that if A and B are any events in a...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose that A and B are events in a sample space...Ch. 9.9 - An urn contains 25 red balls and 15 blue balls....Ch. 9.9 - Redo exercise 6 assuming that the urn contains 30...Ch. 9.9 - A pool of 10 semifinalists for a job consists of 7...Ch. 9.9 - Prove Bayes’ theorem for n=2. That is, prove that...Ch. 9.9 - Prove the full version of Bayes’ theorem.Ch. 9.9 - One urn contains 12 blue balls and 7 white balls,...Ch. 9.9 - Redo exercise 11 assuming that the first urn...Ch. 9.9 - One urn contains 10 red balls and 25 green balls,...Ch. 9.9 - A drug-screening test is used in a large...Ch. 9.9 - Two different factories both produce a certain...Ch. 9.9 - Three different supplier.-X, Y. and Z-provide...Ch. 9.9 - Prove that if A and B are events in a sample space...Ch. 9.9 - Prove that if P(AB)=P(A)P(B),P(A)0 , and P(B)0 ,...Ch. 9.9 - A pair of fair dice, one blue and the other gray,...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose a fair coin is tossed three times. Let A...Ch. 9.9 - If A and B are events in a sample space S and AB=...Ch. 9.9 - Prove that if A and B are independent events in a...Ch. 9.9 - A student taking a multiple-chuice exam does not...Ch. 9.9 - A software company uses two quality assurance (QA)...Ch. 9.9 - A coin is loaded so that the probability of heads...Ch. 9.9 - Describe a sample space and events A,B, and C,...Ch. 9.9 - The example used to introduce conditional...Ch. 9.9 - A coin is loaded so that the probability of heads...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose that ten items are chosen at random from a...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose the probability of a false positive result...Ch. 9.9 - Empirical data indicate that approximately 103 out...Ch. 9.9 - A person takes a multiple-choice exam in which...Ch. 9.9 - In exercise 23 of Section 9.8, let Ck be the event...Ch. 9.9 - Use conditional probability to analyze exercise 20...
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