ES 85 Prelim

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Right answers without solutions means negative points.

1. The following measurements were recorded for the drying time, in hours, of a certain brand of
latex paint. Assume that the measurements are a simple random sample. (3.4, 2.5, 4.8, 2.9 3.6,
2.8, 3.3, 5.6, 3.7, 2.8, 4.4, 4.0, 5.2, 3.0, 4.8)
What is the sample size for the sample above? ________
What is the sample mean for these data?
a. 3.333
b. 4.0575
c. 3.878
d. 3.787
What is the sample median? ___________
2. Centroid of the data - _____________
3. Which of the following is a measure of variability?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Standard Deviation
d. Probability
4. If the units of samples are inches what will be units of standard deviation?
5. The standard deviation of the problem 1 given.
a. 3.787
b. 4.561
c. 0.9428
d. 0.971

6. ________________ - any process that generates a set of data.

7. Set of all possible outcomes of a statistical experiment. ______________
8. ________________ -The outcome in a sample space.
9. An _____________ is a subset of a sample space.
10. The ______________ of two events A and B is the event containing all elements that are
common to A and B.
11. An experiment consists of tossing a die and then flipping a coin once if the number of the die is
even. If the number on the die is odd, the coin is flipped twice. Using the notation 4H, for
example to denote the outcome that the die comes up 4 and then the coin comes up heads, and
3HT to denote the outcome that the die comes up 3 followed by a head and then a tail on the
coin, construct a tree diagram to show the 18 elements of the sample space S.
12. If S={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} and A = {0,2,4,6,8}, B = {1,2,3,5,7,9}, C = {2,3,4,5}, and D = {1,6,7}, list
the elements of the sets corresponding to the following events.
(a) A U C

(b) A B

(c) C

(d) (C D) U B

(e) (S C)

(f) A C D

13. Let A, B, C, be events relative to the sample S. Using Venn diagrams, shade the areas
representing the following events.
(a) (AB)

(b) (A U B)

(c) (AC) U B

14. A ________________ is an arrangement of all or part of a set of objects.

15. Matching Type (write the letter of your answer on the left side of the number, show your
solution in the 2nd column.)

1. In how many ways can 6 people be a) 490

lined up to get on a bus?

b) 24

2. If 3 persons, among 6, insists on c) 77

following each other, how many ways
are possible?
d) 150

3. If 2 specific persons among 6 refuses e) 5

to follow each other, how many ways
are possible?
f) 156

g) 70
4. How many three digit numbers can be
formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
and 6 if each digit can be used once?
h) 105

i) 480
5. How many three digit numbers can be
formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, j) 40320
and 6 if each digit can be used once,
How many are odd number? k) 40600

l) 720
6. How many three digit numbers can be
formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, m) 567
and 6 if each digit can be used once,
how many are greater than 330? n) 384

7. In how many ways can 5 different o) 10

trees be planted in a circle?
p) 400

q) 144
8. Four Married couples have bought 8
seats in the same row for a concert. In
how many ways can they be seated if
no restriction?

9. Four Married couples have bought 8

seats in the same row for a concert. In
how many ways can they be seated if
each couple is to sit together?
16. If 3 books are picked at random from a shelf containing 5 novels, 3 books of poems, and a
dictionary, what is the probability that
(a) The dictionary is selected

(b) 2 novels and 1 book of poems are selected?

17. In a poker hand consisting of 5 cards, find the probability of holding

(a) 3 aces
a. 143/39,984
b. 145/39,984
c. 94/54145
d. 95/54145

(b) 4 hearts and 1 club.

a. 143/39,984
b. 145/39,984
c. 94/54145
d. 95/54145

18. The probability that a married man watches a certain television show is 0.4, and the probability
that a married woman watches the show is 0.5. The probability that a man watches the show,
given that his wife does is 0.7. Find the probability that
(a) A married couple watches the show.
a. 0.35
b. 0.875
c. 0.586

(b) A wife watches the show, given that her husband does.
a. 0.548
b. 0.35
c. 0.875

(c) At least one member of a married couple will watch the show.
a. 0.22
b. 0.55
c. 0.44