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CHAPTER 6 17. a. 0.1858, found by

15!
(0.23)2(0.77)13
1. Mean ! 1.3, variance ! .81, found by: 2!13!
% ! 0(.20) " 1(.40) " 2(.30) " 3(.10) ! 1.3 15!
b. 0.1416, found by (0.23)5(0.77)10
5!10!
$2 ! (0 # 1.3)2(.2) " (1 # 1.3)2(.4)
c. 3.45, found by (0.23)(15)
" (2 # 1.3)2(.3) " (3 # 1.3)2(.1)
19. a. 0.296, found by using Appendix B.9 with n of 8, ( of
! .81
0.30, and x of 2
3. Mean ! 14.5, variance ! 27.25, found by: b. P(x ) 2) ! 0.058 " 0.198 " 0.296 ! 0.552
% ! 5(.1) " 10(.3) " 15(.2) " 20(.4) ! 14.5 c. 0.448, found by P(x * 3) ! 1 # P(x ) 2) ! 1 # 0.552
$2 ! (5 # 14.5)2(.1) " (10 # 14.5)2(.3) 21. a. 0.387, found from Appendix B.9 with n of 9, ( of 0.90,
" (15 # 14.5)2(.2) " (20 # 14.5)2(.4) and x of 9
! 27.25 b. P(X + 5) ! 0.001
5. a. c. 0.992, found by 1 # 0.008
Calls, (x ! ")2 d. 0.947, found by 1 # 0.053
x Frequency P(x) xP(x) P(x) 23. a. % ! 10.5, found by 15(0.7) and $ ! 215(0.7)(0.3) !
1.7748
0 8 .16 0 .4624
15!
1 10 .20 .20 .0980 b. 0.2061, found by (0.7)10(0.3)5
2 22 .44 .88 .0396 10!5!
3 9 .18 .54 .3042 c. 0.4247, found by 0.2061 " 0.2186
4 1 .02 .08 .1058 d. 0.5154, found by
0.2186 " 0.1700 " 0.0916 " 0.0305 " 0.0047
50 1.70 1.0100
[ C ][ C ] 15(4)
25. P(2) ! 6 2 4 1 ! ! .50
b. Discrete distribution, because only certain outcomes are 10C3 120
possible. [7C2][3C0] 21(1)
27. P(0) ! ! ! .4667
c. % ! &x ' P(x) ! 1.70 [10C2] 45
d. $ ! 21.01 ! 1.005 [ C ][ C ] 84(15)
29. P(2) ! 9 3 6 2 ! ! .4196
7. [15C5] 3003
Amount P(x) xP(x) (x ! ")2 P (x) 31. a. .6703
10 .50 5 60.50 b. .3297
25 .40 10 6.40 33. a. .0613
50 .08 4 67.28 b. .0803
100 .02 2 124.82 35. %!6
21 259.00 P(X * 5) ! 1 # (.0025 " .0149 " .0446 " .0892 " .1339)
! .7149
a. % ! &xP(x) ! 21 37. A random variable is a quantitative or qualitative outcome that
b. $2 ! &(x # %)2P(x) ! 259 results from a chance experiment. A probability distribution
also includes the likelihood of each possible outcome.
$ ! 2259 ! 16.093
39. % ! $1,000(.25) " $2,000(.60) " $5,000(.15) ! $2,200
4!
9. a. P(2) ! (.25)2(.75)4 #2 ! .2109 $2 ! (1,000 # 2,200)2 .25 " ($2,000 # $2,200)2 .60 "
2!(4 # 2)!
(5,000 # 2,200)2 .15
4!
b. P(3) ! (.25)3(.75)4 #3 ! .0469 ! 1,560,000
3!(4 # 3)! 41. % ! 12(.25) " · · · " 15(.1) ! 13.2
11. a. $2 ! (12 # 13.2)2.25 " · · · " (15 # 13.2)2.10 ! 0.86
X P(X)
$ ! 20.86 ! .927
0 .064
1 .288 43. a. % ! 10(.35) ! 3.5
2 .432 b. P (X ! 4) ! 10C4 (.35)4 (.65)6 ! 210(.0150) (.0754) ! .2375
3 .216 c. P (X * 4) ! 10Cx (.35)X (.65)10#X
! .2375 " .1536 " · · · " .0000 ! .4862
b. % ! 1.8 45. a. 6, found by 0.4 , 15
$2 ! 0.72 15!
b. 0.0245, found by (0.4)10(0.6)5
$ ! 20.72 ! .8485 10!5!
9! c. 0.0338, found by
13. a. .2668, found by P(2) ! (.3)2(.7)7
(9 # 2)!2! 0.0245 " 0.0074 " 0.0016 " 0.0003 " 0.0000
9! d. 0.0093, found by 0.0338 # 0.0245
b. .1715, found by P(4) ! (.3)4(.7)5 47. a. % ! 20(0.075) ! 1.5
(9 # 4)!4!
9! $ ! 220(0.075)(0.925) ! 1.1779
c. .0404, found by P(0) ! (.3)0(.7)9
(9 # 0)!0! 20!
b. 0.2103, found by (0.075)0(0.925)20
12! 0!20!
15. a. .2824, found by P(0) ! (.10)0(.9)12
(12 # 0)!0! c. 0.7897, found by 1 # 0.2103
12! 16!
b. .3765, found by P(1) ! (.10)1(.9)11 49. a. 0.1311, found by (0.15)4(0.85)12
(12 # 1)!1! 4!12!
12! b. 2.4, found by (0.15)(16)
c. .2301, found by P(2) ! (.10)2(.9)10
(12 # 2)!2! c. 0.2100, found by
d. % ! 1.2, found by 12(.10) 1 # 0.0743 # 0.2097 # 0.2775 # 0.2285
[ C ][ C ] (15)(6)
$ ! 1.0392, found by 21.08 51. P(2) ! 6 2 4 2 ! ! 0.4286
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53. a.
0 0.0002 7 0.2075 e. P(X 7 7) ! # 10 # 7 ! 3 ! .75
(10 # 6) 1 4
1 0.0019 8 0.1405
1
2 0.0116 9 0.0676 f. P(7 ) x ) 9) ! # (9 # 7) ! 2 ! .50
3 0.0418 10 0.0220 (10 # 6) 1 4
4 0.1020 11 0.0043 3. a. 0.30, found by (30 # 27).(30 # 20)
5 0.1768 12 0.0004 b. 0.40, found by (24 # 20).(30 # 20)
6 0.2234
5. a. a ! 0.5, b ! 3.00
0.5 " 3.00
b. % ! 12(0.52) ! 6.24 b. % ! ! 1.75
2
$ ! 212(0.52)(0.48) ! 1.7307
c. 0.1768 (3.00 # .50)2
$! ! .72
d. 0.3343, found by 0.0002 " 0.0019 B 12
" 0.0116 " 0.0418 " 0.1020 " 0.1768 1 # 1 # .5 ! .5 ! 0.2
c. P(x 6 1) !
[ C ][ C ] (21)(3) (3.0 # 0.5) 1 2.5
55. a. P(1) ! 7 2 3 1 ! ! .5250
[10C3] 120 1 (1.0 # 1.0)
d. 0, found by
[ C ][ C ] (35)(1) (3.0 # 0.5) 1
b. P(0) ! 7 3 3 0 ! ! .2917
1 3.0 # 1.5 1.5
[10C3] 120
e. P(x 7 1.5) ! # ! ! 0.6
P(X * 1) ! 1 # P(0) ! 1 # .2917 ! .7083 (3.0 # 0.5) 1 2.5
[ C ][ C ] 70 7. The actual shape of a normal distribution depends on its
57. P(X ! 0) ! 8 4 4 0 ! ! .141
[12C4] 495 mean and standard deviation. Thus, there is a normal
59. a. .0498 distribution, and an accompanying normal curve, for a
b. .7746, found by (1 # .0498)5 mean of 7 and a standard deviation of 2. There is another
61. % ! 4.0, from Appendix B.5 normal curve for a mean of $25,000 and a standard
a. .0183 deviation of $1,742, and so on.
b. .1954 9. a. 490 and 510, found by 500 / 1(10)
c. .6289 b. 480 and 520, found by 500 / 2(10)
d. .5665 c. 470 and 530, found by 500 / 3(10)
(3.1)4 e#3.1 $50,000 # $60,000
63. a. 0.1733, found by 11. ZRob ! ! #2
4! $5,000
(3.1)0 e#3.1 $50,000 # $35,000
b. 0.0450, found by ZRachel ! ! 1.875
0! $8,000
c. 0.9550, found by 1 # 0.0450 Adjusting for their industries, Rob is well below average and
2 Rachel well above.
65. % ! n( ! 23 a b ! .407
113 25 # 20
2 #.407 13. a. 1.25, found by z ! ! 1.25
(.407) e 4.0
P(2) ! ! 0.0551
2! b. 0.3944, found in Appendix B.1
0 #.407
(.407) e 18 # 20
P(0) ! ! 0.6656 c. 0.3085, found by z ! ! #0.5
0! 2.5
67. Let % ! n( ! 155(1!3,709) ! 0.042 Find 0.1915 in Appendix B.1 for z ! #0.5,
0.0425 e#0.042 then 0.5000 # 0.1915 ! 0.3085
P(5) ! ! 0.000000001 $24 # $20.50
5! 15. a. 0.3413, found by z ! ! 1.00,
Very unlikely! $3.50
69. a. % ! n( ! 15(.67) ! 10.05 then find 0.3413 in Appendix B.1 for z ! 1
b. 0.1587, found by 0.5000 # 0.3413 ! 0.1587
$ ! 2n((1 # () ! 215(.67)(.33) ! 1.8211 $19.00 # $20.50
c. 0.3336, found by z ! ! #0.43
b. P(8) !15C8(.67)8(.33)7 ! 6435(.0406)(.000426) ! .1114 $3.50
c. P(x * 8) ! .1114 " .1759 " · · · " .0025 ! .9163 Find 0.1664 in Appendix B.1, for z ! #0.43,
71. The mean number of home runs per game is 2.0749, found then 0.5000 # 0.1664 ! 0.3336
by 5042!(15 , 162). 17. a. 0.8276: First find z ! #1.5, found by (44 # 50)!4 and
2.07490 e#2.0749 z ! 1.25 ! (55 # 50)!4. The area between #1.5 and 0 is
a. P(0) ! ! 0.1257 0.4332 and the area between 0 and 1.25 is 0.3944, both
0!
2 #2.0749
2.0749 e from Appendix B.1. Then adding the two areas we find
b. P(2) ! ! 0.2703 that 0.4332 " 0.3944 ! 0.8276.
2!
c. P(X -! 4) ! 0.1566, found by 1 # (0.1257 " 0.2605 b. 0.1056, found by 0.5000 # .3944, where z ! 1.25
" 0.2703 " 0.1869) c. 0.2029: Recall that the area for z ! 1.25 is 0.3944, and
the area for z ! 0.5, found by (52 # 50)!4, is 0.1915.
Then subtract 0.3944 # 0.1915 and find 0.2029.
CHAPTER 7
1. a. b ! 10, a ! 6 19. a. 0.3264, found by 0.5000 # 0.1736, where z ! 0.45,
6 " 10 found by [(3000 # 2708)/650].
b. % ! !8 b. 0.2152; the z-value for $3,500 is 1.22, found by
2
[(3500 # 2708)!650], and the corresponding area is
(10 # 6)2 0.3888, which leads to 0.3888 # 0.1736 ! 0.2152.
c. $ ! ! 1.1547
B 12 c. 0.5143; the z-value for $2,500 is # 0.32, found by
1
d. Area ! # (10 # 6) ! 1 [(2,500 # 2,708).650], and the corresponding area is
(10 # 6) 1 0.1255, which leads to 0.1255 " 0.3888 ! 0.5143.

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