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o Binomial Distribution: https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~mbognar/applets/bin.

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o Normal Distribution: http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/z_table.html

1. Ahmad applied for the Master's degree program at ZU and AUS. The probability of
getting an acceptance from ZU is 0.4, and the probability of getting an acceptance from
AUS is 0.3. Assuming that the two events are independent of each other, what is the
probability that Ahmed will get at least one acceptance? Round your answer to two
decimal places, if necessary.

2. Ahmad applied for the Master's degree program at ZU and AUS. The probability of
getting an acceptance from ZU is 0.4, and the probability of getting an acceptance from
AUS is 0.3. Assuming that the two events are independent of each other, what is the
probability that Ahmed will get acceptance from neither ZU nor AUS? Round your
answer to two decimal places, if necessary.

3. Ahmad applied for the Master's degree program at ZU and AUS. The probability of
getting an acceptance from ZU is 0.4, and the probability of getting an acceptance from
AUS is 0.3. Assuming that the two events are independent of each other, what is the
probability that Ahmed will get acceptance from ZU or AUS but not both? Round your
answer to two decimal places, if necessary.

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1. Ahmad applied for the Master's degree program at ZU and AUS. The probability of
getting an acceptance from ZU is 0.4, and the probability of getting an acceptance from
AUS is 0.3. Assuming that the two events are independent of each other, what is the
probability that Ahmed will get acceptance from ZU only? Round your answer to two
decimal places, if necessary.

2. Shamma applied for the Master's degree program at ZU and AUS. The probability of
getting an acceptance from ZU is 0.3, and the probability of getting an acceptance from
AUS is 0.5. The probability of getting an acceptance from both universities is 0.17. What
is the probability that Shamma will get acceptance from neither of the two
universities? Round your answer to two decimal places, if necessary.

3. Consider the below table to answer the following question.

du users Not du users


Men 10 170
Women 66 321

What is the probability that a randomly selected person is a du user? If needed, round
your answer to four decimal places.

4. Consider the below table to answer the following question.

du users Not du users


Men 10 170
Women 66 321

What is the probability that a randomly selected person is not a du user? If needed,
round your answer to four decimal places.

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5. Consider the below table to answer the following question.

du users Not du users


Men 10 170
Women 66 321

What is the probability that a randomly selected person is not a du user given that he is
a male? If needed, round your answer to four decimal places.

6. Consider the below table to answer the following question.

Cake Sandwich
Tea 30 112
Coffee 58 367

What is the probability that a randomly selected person ordered Tea or Cake? If needed, round
your answer to four decimal places.

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7. Consider the below table to answer the following question.

du users Not du users


Male 27 141
Female 84 315

What is the probability that a randomly selected person is a du user given that the
person's gender is female? If needed, round your answer to four decimal places.

8. Out of 560 students, 327 are du users, 438 are Etisalat users, and 64 students are du and
Etisalat users. If a student is an Etisalat user, what is the probability that he/she is a du
user? If needed, round your answer to four decimal places.

9. Which of the following is a valid probability distribution?


A)
x -1 0 1 2 3
P(x) -0.01 0.09 0.14 0.22 0.56

B)
x -1 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0.1 0.07 0.14 0.22 0.47

C)
x 1 2 3 4 5
P(x) 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2

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10. According to a recent study, 80% of teachers in the UAE believe students are more
creative today than they were ten years ago. Suppose a random sample of 20 students
is selected. What is the probability that less than 11 students are more creative today
than they were ten years ago. Round your answer to four decimal places.

11. Public Opinion reported that 17% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the standard deviation of
Americans who are afraid of being alone in a house at night.

12. Public Opinion reported that 17% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the mean of Americans
who are not afraid of being alone in a house at night.

13. Public Opinion reported that 17% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If the mean (Expected number) of Americans who are afraid of being alone in a
house at night is 4. What is the sample size? Round your answer to a whole number.

14. Public Opinion reported that 7% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the probability that there
at most 5 people in the sample who are afraid of being alone at night. (Round your
answer to four decimal places.)

15. Public Opinion reported that 7% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the probability that there
at least 5 people in the sample who are afraid of being alone at night. (Round your
answer to four decimal places.)

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16. Public Opinion reported that 7% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the probability that there
more than 5 people in the sample who are afraid of being alone at night. (Round your
answer to four decimal places.)

17. Public Opinion reported that 7% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the probability that there
less than 5 people in the sample who are afraid of being alone at night. (Round your
answer to four decimal places.)

18. Public Opinion reported that 7% of Americans are afraid of being alone in a house
at night. If a random sample of 20 Americans is selected. Find the probability that there
exactly 5 people in the sample who are afraid of being alone at night. (Round your
answer to four decimal places.)

19. A shopping mall estimates the probability distribution of the number of stores mall
customers actually enter, as shown in the table. Round your answers to one decimal
place, if necessary.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.15 0.15 0.58

a) Find the expected number of stores entered


b) Find the standard deviation

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20. A shopping mall estimates the probability distribution of the number of stores mall
customers actually enter within the first two months of this year, as shown in the
table. Find the probability that a customer entered at least one shop. Round your
answers to one decimal place, if necessary.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.15 0.15 0.58

21. A shopping mall estimates the probability distribution of the number of stores mall
customers actually enter within the first two months of this year, as shown in the
table. Find the probability that a customer entered at most one shop. Round your
answers to one decimal place, if necessary.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.15 0.15 0.58

22. A shopping mall estimates the probability distribution of the number of stores mall
customers actually enter within the first two months of this year, as shown in the
table. Find the probability that a customer entered more than two shop. Round your
answers to one decimal place, if necessary.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.15 0.15 0.58

23. A shopping mall estimates the probability distribution of the number of stores mall
customers actually enter within the first two months of this year, as shown in the
table. Find the probability that a customer entered less than one shop. Round your
answers to one decimal place, if necessary.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
p(x) 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.15 0.15 0.58

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24. The distribution of ages of ZU students is normal with a mean of 20.4 years. If 20% of
the ZU students are older than 23.8 years, find the standard deviation of ages. Round
your answer to two decimal places.

25. The amount of caffeine in a regular cup of coffee varies according to normally
distributed with mean 120 mg and standard deviation 8 mg. What is the probability that
a randomly selected regular cup of Tim Hortons coffee will have more than 110 mg of
caffeine? Round your answer to 4 decimal

26. The amount of caffeine in a regular cup of coffee varies according to normally
distributed with mean 120 mg and standard deviation 8 mg. What is the probability that
a randomly selected regular cup of Tim Hortons coffee will have between 110 mg and
130 mg of caffeine? Round your answer to 4 decimal

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27. Assume the cholesterol levels of adult women are normally distributed with a mean of
188 mg/dL and a standard deviation of 24. What is the probability that a randomly
selected adult woman will have cholesterol less than 190 mg/dL? Round your answer to
four decimal digits.

28. The Math final exam scores are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard
deviation of 10. What is the lowest grade Sara should score to be in the top 20%? Round
your answer to the nearest integer.

29. The Math final exam scores are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard
deviation of 10. What is the highest grade Ali can score to be in the lowest (bottom)
30%? Round your answer to the nearest integer.

30. The Math final exam scores are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard
deviation of 10. What are the minimum and the maximum scores of the middle 80% of
the scores? Round your answer to the nearest integer.

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