Exam 5: A Survey of Probability Concepts

The National Center for Health Statistics reported that of every 883 deaths in recent years, 24 resulted from an automobile accident, 182 from cancer, and 333 from heart disease. What is the probability that a particular death is due to an automobile accident?

A student organization of 10 wants to select a president, a vice-president, and a treasurer. How many different leadership assignments are possible?

The probability that a flipped coin will show heads on four consecutive flips is _______________.

A ________ is useful when applying Bayes' theorem.

A new computer game has been developed and 80 veteran game players will test its market potential. If 60 players liked the game, the probability that any veteran game player will like the new computer game is ______.

Bayes' theorem is used to calculate a subjective probability.

A combination of a set of objects is defined by the order of the objects.

When an event's probability depends on the likelihood of another event, the probability is a(n) ___________.

Six basic colors are used in decorating a new condominium. They are applied to a unit in groups of four colors. One unit might have gold as the principal color, blue as a complementary color, red as the accent color, and touches of white. Another unit might have blue as the principal color, white as the complementary color, gold as the accent color, and touches of red. If repetitions are permitted, how many different units can be decorated?

When the special rule of multiplication is used, the events must be _______________.

The process used to calculate the probability of an event given additional information has been obtained through:

In flipping a fair coin, what is the probability of heads and tails on two tosses?

In a survey of employee satisfaction, the following table summarizes the results in terms of employee satisfaction and gender. What is the probability that an employee is male or dissatisfied?

To apply the special rule of addition, the events must be _________.

A group of employees of Unique Services will be surveyed about a new pension plan. In-depth interviews with each employee selected in the sample will be conducted. The employees are classified as follows: What is the probability that the first person selected is a supervisor and in management?

A group of employees of Unique Services will be surveyed about a new pension plan. In-depth interviews with each employee selected in the sample will be conducted. The employees are classified as follows: What is the probability that the first person selected is classified as a maintenance employee?

Dice are used in a variety of games. A die is a six-sided cube with a number of dots on each side. The number of dots ranges from one to six. If two die are used in a game, how many outcomes are possible?

A board of directors consists of eight men and four women. A four-member search committee is randomly chosen to recommend a new company president. What is the probability that all four members of the search committee will be women?

A company set up a kiosk in the Mall of America for several hours and asked randomly selected people which color cell phone was their favorite. The results follow: What is the probability that a person would select orange as their favorite color?

Two events are called _________ when the occurrence of one event does not affect the occurrence of the other event.