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In the Ardmore Hotel, 20 percent of the guests (the historical percentage) pay by American Express credit card. (a) What is the

xxMikexx [17]

Answer:

(a) The expected number of guests until the next one pays by American Express credit card is 4.

(b) The probability that the first guest to use an American Express is within the first 10 to checkout is 0.0215.

Step-by-step explanation:

The random variable X can be defined as the number of guests until the next one pays by American Express credit card

The probability that a guest paying by American Express credit card is, p = 0.20.

The random variable X follows a Geometric distribution since it is defined as the number of trials before the first success.

The probability mass function of X is:

$P(X=x)=(1-p)^{x}p;\ x=0,1,2,3...,\ 0$

(a)

The expected value of a Geometric distribution is:

$E(X)=\frac{1-p}{p}$

Compute the expected number of guests until the next one pays by American Express credit card as follows:

$E(X)=\frac{1-p}{p}$

$=\frac{1-0.20}{0.20}$

$=4$

Thus, the expected number of guests until the next one pays by American Express credit card is 4.

(b)

Compute the probability that the first guest to use an American Express is within the first 10 to checkout as follows:

$P(X=10)=(1-0.20)^{10}\times0.20$

$=0.1073741824\times 0.20\\=0.02147483648\\\approx0.0215$

Thus, the probability that the first guest to use an American Express is within the first 10 to checkout is 0.0215.

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Maria takes guitar lessons that last 4/5 of an hour. She had 4 lessons last week. What is the total number of hours Maria spent

Mazyrski [523]

192 minutes or 3 hours and 12 minutes

an hour is 60 minutes and 60 divided by five is 12 so i multiplied 12 by 4, which is 48 and multiplied 48 by 4 and i got my answer

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9/10 as a decimal? I think I know the answer but need to check

AfilCa [17]

The answer is .9
I hope this helps.

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In the equation z/6 =

Nikitich [7]

Hi there!

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I believe your answer is:

"Isolate the variable using inverse operations."

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Here’s why:

To solve for a variable, we would have to isolate it on one side.

To isolate it, we would use inverse operations on both sides on the equation until the variable is isolated.

There are no like terms in the given equation.

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$\boxed{\text{Solving for 'z'...}}\\\\\frac{z}{6} = 36\\-------------\\\rightarrow (\frac{z}{6})6 = (36)6\\\\\rightarrow \boxed{z = 216}$

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Hope this helps you. I apologize if it’s incorrect.

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Evelyn's made a cake in the shape of a circus tent the cake consisted of a cylinder and a cone .The height of the cone is half t

Lera25 [3.4K]

The volume of the cake is 1470 in³.
volume of a cylinder = πr² x height
(Think about how a cylinder is basically a bunch of circles stacked on top of each other. To find the volume, first you need the area of the circle (πr², then you multiply by how many circles you are stacking on top of each other (height))

we know the diameter of the cylinder is 12 in. and the radius is half of the diameter.
half of 12 is 6, therefore the radius is 6 in. or r = 6
Assuming pi is 3.14, solve for the height of the cylinder
1470 = (3.14)(6²)(height)
1470 = 3.14 x 36 x height
1470 = 113.04 x height
height ≈ 13 in

Now that we know the height of the cylinder is about 13 in., we know the height of the cone, because the problem says that the height of the cone is half the height of the cylinder.
half of 13 is 6.5, therefore the height of the cone is 6.5
the radius of the cone is the same as that of the cylinder, 6 in.

volume of a cone = πr² × (height ÷ 3)

volume of the cone = (3.14)(6²)(6.5 ÷ 3)
volume of the cone = (3.14)(36)(2.16666)
volume of the cone = 244.92 in³

Now all that's left to find the volume of the whole cake is to add the volume of the cylinder to the volume of the cone.

1470 + 244.92 = 1714.92 in³

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