Your instructor administers a
- Your instructor administers a 5 question multiple choice test.Each question has 4 possible answers of which 1 answer is correct.Find the probability of getting at least 1 questioncorrect
- You and 5 friends are interested in forming a club.How many different ways can a President, Treasurer and Secretary beselected?
- A journalist has 10 books to review. Of the 10 booksbeing reviewed, he can select 4 reviews for publication. How manyways can the 4 reviews be selected?
- Winning the grand prize at a carnival game requiresyou to randomly select 7 different numbers, ranging from 0 to 35,and matching the same 7 numbers drawn at the end of the carnival.The order in which you select the 7 numbers does not matter. Whatis the probability of winning the prize?
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- Your instructor administers a 5 question multiple choice test.Each question has 4 possible answers of which 1 answer is correct.Find the probability of getting at least 1 questioncorrect
P(atleast 1 correct) = 1- P(no correct) = 1 – (0.75^5) =0.7627
- You and 5 friends are interested in forming a club.How many different ways can a President, Treasurer and Secretary beselected?
P(6,3)
- A journalist has 10 books to review. Of the 10 booksbeing reviewed, he can select 4 reviews for publication. How manyways can the 4 reviews be selected?
C(10,4)
- Winning the grand prize at a carnival game requiresyou to randomly select 7 different numbers, ranging from 0 to 35,and matching the same 7 numbers drawn at the end of the carnival.The order in which you select the 7 numbers does not matter. Whatis the probability of winning the prize?
C(35,7)
P(winning) = 1/6724520