When a fair die is rolled 10 times, what is the variation in the number of times a 6 appears?
While you are away on vacation, you ask a neighbor to water your ailing plant. If the plant does not receive water, it will die with a probability of 0.85. With water it will die with probability 0.5. You are 90 % certain the neighbor will remember to water the plant. You come back from the vacation and the plant is dead. What is the probability that the plant died because neighbor forgot to water it?
Census reports for a city indicate that of residents classify themselves as Christian, as Jewish, and as members of other religions (Muslims, Buddhists, etc.).
The remaining residents classify themselves as nonreligious.
A polling organization seeking information about public opinions wants to be sure to talk with people holding a variety of religious views, and makes random phone calls. Among the first four people they call, what is the probability they reach
a) all Christians?
b) no Jews?
c) at least one person who is nonreligious?
Determine the binomial probability when
The probability that a patient recovers from a stomach disease is 0.8. Suppose 20 people are known to have contracted this disease. How likely is it that exactly 14 will recover?
The diagram shows a spinner. When the arrow is spun the probability of scoring a 2 is 0.3 . The arrow is spun twice and the scores are added. What is the probability that the total score is 6?6? Express the answer as a decimal.
Please, find the normal approximation for the binomial probability of