# 1 ) Lan e et al ,pg 21 7 # 5 .

A fair coin is flippe d 9 tim e s. What is the probability of gettin g exactly 6

head s?
# 2 ) Lan e et al ,pg 21 7 # 7 .

You flip a coin thre e tim e s .

(a) What is the probability of gettin g heads on only one of your flips?

(b) What is the probability of gettin g heads on at least one flip?

# 3 ) Lan e et al ,pg 21 8 # 9 .
A jar contains 10 blue marble s, 5 red mar ble s, 4 gree n marbl e s, and 1
yellow marbl e. Two marble s are chos e n (witho u t replace m e n t ).

(a) What is the probability that one will be gree n and the other red?

(b) What is the probability that one will be blue and the other yellow?

# 4 ) Lan e et al ,pg 22 2 # 2 7 .
A refriger at or contains 6 apple s, 5 orang e s, 10 bananas , 3 pears, 7 peach e s ,
11, plu m s, and 2 man g o s .
a. Imagin e you stick your hand in this refrigera tor and pull out a piece of
fruit at rando m . What is the probability that you will pull out a pear?

b. Imagin e now that you put your hand in the refrigerat or and pull out a
piece of fruit. You decide you do not want to eat that fruit so you put
it back into the refrigerat or and pull out anoth e r piece of fruit. What
is the probability that the first piece of fruit you pull out is a banana
and the secon d piece you pull out is an apple?

c. What is the probability that you stick your hand in the refrigera t or
one tim e and pull out a man go or an orang e?

# 5 ) Illow s k y et al,pg 20 7; #86.

a. List the sam pl e space.

b. Let A be the even t that either a thre e or four is rolled first, followe d by an
even nu m b e r . Find P(A).

c. Let B be the event that the sum of the two rolls is at most seve n. Find P(B).

d. In words, explain what P(A|B) repre s e n t s . Find P(A|B).

e. Are A and B mut u ally exclusiv e even t s? Explain your ans w e r in one to
thre e com ple t e sent e n c e s , includin g nu m e r ical justification.

f. Are A and B indep e n d e n t even t s? Explain your ans w e r in one to three

com pl e t e sent e n c e s , includin g nu m e r ical justification.

#6) Illow s k y et al,p g 20 9; # 9 8 .

At a college, 72% of cours e s have final exa m s and 46% of cours e s requir e
resear c h papers. Sup po s e that 32% of cours e s have a resear c h paper and a
final exa m. Let F be the eve nt that a cours e has a final exa m . Let R be the
even t that a cours e requir e s a researc h paper.

a. Find the probability that a cours e has a final exa m or a resear c h project.
b. Find the probability that a cours e has NEIT H E R of thes e two
requir e m e n t s .

#7) Illow s k y et al,p g 21 0; # 1 1 2 .

Tabl e 1.2 1 identifies a group of childre n by one of four hair colors, and by
type of hair.

a. Com pl e t e the table.

Hair Type Bro w n Blo n d Bla c k Red Total s

Wavy 20 15 3 43

Straig h t 80 15 12

Totals 20 215

b. What is the probability that a rando m l y select e d child will have wavy
hair?

c. What is the probability that a rando m l y select e d child will have either
brow n or blond hair?

d. What is the probability that a rando m l y select e d child will have wavy
brow n hair?

e. What is the probability that a rando m l y select e d child will have red hair,
given that he or she has straigh t hair?

f. If B is the even t of a child having brow n hair, find the probability of the
com pl e m e n t of B.

g. In words, what does the com pl e m e n t of B repre s e n t?

# 8 ) Illow s k y et al,p g 26 8; # 7 2 .
You buy a lottery ticket to a lottery that costs $10 per ticket. There are only 100 tickets available
to be sold in this lottery. In this lottery there are one $500 prize, two $100 prizes, and four $25
prizes.
Find your expected gain or loss.

#9) Illow s k y et al,p g 27 0; # 8 0 .

Florida State Univer sity has 14 statistics classe s sche d ul e d for its Su m m e r
2013 ter m. One class has spac e available for 30 stud e n t s , eight classe s have
space for 60 stud e n t s , one has spac e for 70 stud e n t s , and four class e s have
space for 100 stud e n t s .

a. What is the averag e class size assu m i n g each class is filled to capacity ?

b. Spac e is available for 980 stud e n t s . Sup p o s e that each class is filled to
capacity and select a statistic s stud e n t at rando m . Let the rando m variable
X equal the size of the stud e n ts class. Define the PDF for X.

c. Find the mea n of X.

d. Find the standard deviation of X.

#10) Illow s k y et al,p g 27 1; # 8 8 .

A school new s p a p e r report er decid e s to rando m l y surve y 12 stud e n t s to see
if they will atte n d Tet (Vietna m e s e Ne w Year) festivities this year. Base d on
past years, she kno w s that 18% of stud e n t s atte n d Tet festivities. We are
inter e s t e d in the nu m b e r of stud e n t s who will atte n d the festivities.

a. In words, define the Rando m Variable X.

b. List the value s that X may take on.

c. Give the distrib u tio n of X. X ~_____(_____,_____)

d. How many of the 12 stud e n t s do we expe c t to atte n d the festivities?

e. Find the probability that at most four stud e n t s will atten d.

f. Find the probability that more than two students will attend.