Precalculus: 9.1,9.

3 Quiz Review

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1. How many different license plates can be made if each consists of 3 letters followed by 2 digits followed by
1 letter if the last letter can not be a vowel (consider y a vowel for this scenario)?

2. There are 8 drivers in a preliminary race. How many ways can they finish in first, second, third, and fourth
place?

3. Youve joined a club that has 17 members. The club needs to make a steering committee of 6 members.
How many ways can they pick the 6 members?

4. After the club in question 3 has the steering committee, they will elect a president, secretary, and treasurer
from the members of the committee. How many ways can they elect the officers?

5. You are having a house built and the contractor gives you 5 choices for the color of siding, 3 choices for the
color of the roof shingles, 2 choices for the color of the trim and up to 7 other options of which you know you
will choose at least one. How many different houses are possible?

6. You forgot you have a social studies quiz but you figure you will be okay because it is all multiple choice. If
there are 14 questions on the quiz and each questions has 4 possible answer choices, how many ways are there
of answering all the questions?

7. In drawing five cards from a standard deck of cards, determine the probability of the have a hand that
consists of all clubs.

J8. A stock broker is researching 13 independent stocks. An investment in each will either make or lose money.
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The probability that each stock will make money is .
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a) What is the probability that 10 of the stocks will make money?
b) What is the probability that 7 of the stocks will lose money?

9. In Alaska, 64% of the population are Eskimos. 58% of the population of Alaska fish on a regular basis.
88% of Eskimos fish on a regular basis.
a) Construct a Venn Diagram correctly displaying this information. Label and assign a numerical
probability to all regions.

b) If a resident in Alaska is chosen at random, what is the probability that the person chosen is a nonEskimo who does not fish?

10. A local movie theater is sponsoring a raffle where a chosen patron gets to pick tickets which
entitle him/her to a free admission for 2 to a movie OR a free large popcorn. There are two
bags from which to choose. Bag 1 contains 2 free admission tickets and 3 free popcorn
tickets. Bag 2 contains 1 free admission ticket and 2 free popcorn tickets.
a) Selecting a ticket at random, what is the probability that it is a free popcorn ticket? A free admission
ticket?
(Hint: Construct a tree diagram and then answer all the questions.)

b) Given that the randomly selected ticket was for free admission, what is the probability that it came from
Bag 1? Bag 2?
c) Given that the randomly selected ticket was for free popcorn, what is the probability that it came from
Bag 1? Bag 2?