A heron is perched in a tree 50 feet above sea level. Directly below the heron, a pelican is flying 17 feet above sea level. Dir
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Answer:
a) 0.98% probability that 17 of the 29 people are men.
b) 3.86% probability that the first woman is reached on the 8th call
Step-by-step explanation:
For each person chosen by the agency, there are only two possible outcomes. Either it is a man, or it is a woman. The probability of selecting a man or a women in each trial is independent from other trials. So we use the binomial probability distribution to solve this question.
Binomial probability distribution
The binomial probability is the probability of exactly x successes on n repeated trials, and X can only have two outcomes.
In which is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.
And p is the probability of X happening.
(a) What is the probability that 17 of the 29 people are men?
This is P(X = 17) when . So
0.98% probability that 17 of the 29 people are men.
(b) What is the probability that the first woman is reached on the 8th call?
On the first 7 trials, all men, each with a 78% probability.
On the 8th trial, a women, with a 22% probability. So
3.86% probability that the first woman is reached on the 8th call
We are given a relationship between the sides of a rectangle, that is, the length of one of its sides is 5 less two times its width, and we are asked to find an expression for the area. Let's remember that the area of a rectangle is equal to the product of the length of its side by its width. Let "w" be the length of the rectangle and "L" its lenght, then the area is given by the following formula:
We can use the relationship given in the problem, that is, its length being five less two times its width, that is:
Replacing in the formula for the area we get:
Now we use the distributive law: