Assessment Module 4

This assessment is only 1 part. Each part (1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, etc.) is worth 2 points.

1. Walgreens sells both Kleenex and NyQuil. In a random sample of 5000 purchases, it was found
that 1200 contained Kleenex and 540 contained NyQuil. These are not independent because sick people
are more likely to buy both and healthy people more likely to buy neither. In looking into that, it was
found that 360 purchases contained both.

a. Make a two-way table to display this information. (It’ll look like #1 and 2 of MyOpenMath
section 3.2, but smaller.) Fill in the table with the missing entries, and be sure your table has row and
column totals.

b. If we randomly select a purchase that contained Kleenex, what is the probability it also
contained NyQuil?

c. What percent of all purchases didn’t contain either product?

2. The probability that a U.S. resident has traveled to Canada is 0.18 and to Mexico is 0.09.

a. If traveling to Canada and traveling to Mexico are independent events, what is the probability
that a randomly-selected person has traveled to both? (page 109 in the book may help)

b. It turns out that only 4% of U.S. residents have traveled to both countries. Comparing this with
your answer to part a, are the events independent? Explain why or why not. (page 119 may help)

c. Using the %’s given, make a Venn Diagram to display this information. (Don’t use your answer to
part a.)

d. Using the conditional probability formula (page 114 in the book) and the %’s given, find the
probability that a randomly-selected person has traveled to Canada, if we know they have traveled to
Mexico.

3. The technology known as 3D printing has come a long way in just a few years, but the machines
still tend to be prone to errors that totally ruin what they’re trying to make. A small company has a
machine that has a 93% success rate in making a perfect part. Today, they have scheduled to make 25
parts.

a. Does the number of perfect parts follow a binomial model? Check the conditions on page 128.
Answer in a complete sentence for each one.

b. Assuming the binomial model does apply, what is the probability that the machine produces 23
or more perfect parts?

c. What is the probability that the machine produces fewer than 20 perfect parts?