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1. A man has 3 jackets, 10 shirts, and 5 pairs of slacks. If an outfit consists of a 20. How many ways can 6 persons line-up If one person insists to stand in front?
jacket, a shirt, and a pair of slacks, how many different outfits can the man A. 80 B. 100 C. 120 D. 140
make?
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21. In how many different ways can one make a first, second, third, and fourth
A. 18 B. 30 C. 100 D. 150 choice among 10 firms leasing construction equipment?
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2. A student has a choice of 5 foreign languages and 4 sciences. In how many A. 3024 B. 5040 C. 3360 D. 4210
ways can he choose 1 language and 1 science?
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22. The Beau Chene Garden Club has 12 members. They plan to elect a
A. 9 B. 10 C. 18 D. 20 president, a vice-president, and a treasurer. How many different outcomes
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3. There are 4 candidates for president of a club, 6 for vice-president and 2 for are possible for the election if each member is eligible for each office and
secretary. In how many ways can these three positions be filled? no one can hold two offices?
A. 12 B. 18 C. 24 D. 48 A. 1230 B. 1320 C. 2130 D. 2310
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4. Peter is going to set up a stereo system by purchasing separate 23. In how many ways can a PICE chapter with 12 directors choose a president,
components. There are 5 different receivers, 8 different DVD players, and 12 a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and an auditor, if no member can
different speaker systems. If Peter wants one of each of these components, hold more than one position?
how many different stereo systems are possible? A. 792 B. 95040 C. 665280 D. 845
A. 360 B. 480 C. 540 D. 620
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_____ 24. Determine the number of different words of 5 letters each that can be
5. Next semester you are planning to take three courses—math, English, and formed with the letters of the word chromate if each letter is used not more
humanities. Based on time blocks and highly recommended professors, than once.
there are 8 sections of math, 5 of English, and 4 of humanities that you find A. 2670 B. 2760 C. 6270 D. 6720
suitable. Assuming no scheduling conflicts, how many different three-course
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25. How many numbers may be formed by using 4 out of the 5 digits 1, 2, 3, 4,
schedules are possible? 5 if the digits must not be repeated in any order?
A. 17 B. 140 C. 160 D. 180 A. 120 B. 130 C. 140 D. 150
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6. A music school produced a number of musicians which includes 3

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26. How many 4-digit numbers may be formed with the 10 digits, 0, 1, 2, 3, …, 9
drummers, 4 trumpet players and 5 pianists. How many different jazz trios if each digit is used only once in each number?
can be formed from this batch of musicians if each trio consists of a A. 3456 B. 4563 C. 4536 D. 5634
drummer, a trumpet player and a pianist? _____

A. 50 B. 60 C. 70 D. 80 27. It is required to seat 5 men and 4 women in a row so that the women occupy
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the even places. How many such arrangements are possible?
7. There are three flights from Houston to Chicago, four flights from Chicago A. 120 B. 210 C. 280 D. 2880
to Memphis and five flights from Memphis to Atlanta. How many choices of _____

flights include the Houston-Chicago-Memphis-Atlanta connection? 28. In how many ways can 9 different books be arranged on a shelf so that 3 of
A. 12 B. 120 C. 60 D. 150 the books are always together,
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A. 4230 B. 4320 C. 30240 D. 30420
8. To make a ham and cheese sandwich you are given a choice of 3 kinds of _____

ham, 5 kinds of cheese, and 2 kinds of bread. How many different 29. Six different biology books, 5 different chemistry books and 2 different
sandwiches can you make? physics books are to be arranged on a shelf so that the biology books stand
A. 30 B. 10 C. 15 D. 45 together, the chemistry books stand together, and the physics books stand
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together. How many such arrangements are possible?
9. How many seven-digit local telephone numbers can be formed if the first A. 1036800 B. 1306800 C. 1360800 D. 1368000
three digits are 279? _____

A. 3024 B. 6561 C. 5040 D. 10000 30. In how many ways can 3 boys and 2 girls sit in a row?
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A. 48 B. 84 C. 100 D. 120
10. In a certain city in the Philippines, all seven-digit telephone numbers begin _____

with 350. How many telephone numbers maybe assigned to that city if the 31. Six boys and four girls are to be seated on a bench. How many ways can
last four digits should not begin or end in zero? they be seated if the girls must be seated next to each other?
A. 7980 B. 8100 C. 8800 D. 9200 A. 120960 B. 34560 C. 86400 D. 94350
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11. The LTO issues license plates consisting of letters and numbers. There are 32. The number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 engineers be seated on a bench
26 letters may be repeated. There are 10 digits and the digits may be with the nurses seated together is?
repeated. How many possible license plates can be issued with two letters A. 144 B. 258 C. 720 D. 450
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followed by three numbers? 33. Five men and 3 women are to be seated on a bench. How many ways can
A. 746,000 B. 864,000 C. 676,000 D. 542,000 they be seated if the men must be seated side-by-side, and also the women?
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12. In how many ways can 2 different prizes be awarded among 10 contestants A. 720 B. 1440 C. 2016 D. 4032
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if both may not be give to the same person? 34. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated at a round table?
A. 19 B. 45 C. 90 D. 100 A. 24 B. 48 C. 72 D. 120
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13. In how many different orders may 5 persons be seated in a row? 35. In how many ways can 8 persons be seated at a round table if 2 particular
A. 24 B. 25 C. 120 D. 3125 persons must always sit together?
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14. In how many ways can 7 books be arranged on a shelf? A. 720 B. 680 C. 1440 D. 1360
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A. 4005 B. 5050 C. 5040 D. 5400 36. In how many ways can 4 men and 4 women be seated at a round table if
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15. Twelve different pictures are available, of which 4 are to be hung in a row. each woman is to be between two men?
In how many ways can this be done? A. 12 B. 144 C. 288 D. 576
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A. 11 880 B. 12 800 C. 13 660 D. 14 600 37. A group of engineers are taking their dinner in a big circular table. The group
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16. An electronic controlling device requires six identical memory chips. In how is composed of 4 Civil Engineers, 3 Mechanical Engineers, 2 Electrical
many ways can this mechanism be assembled using six given chips? Engineers, and 2 Electronics and Communications Engineers. How many
A. 720 B. 540 C. 360 D. 840 arrangements can they form if the awesome CE’s want to be together side
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by side?
17. Industrial engineers are timing to workers to rank their speed at assembling A. 17280 B. 2880 C. 30240 D. 20160
computers. There are 10 workers. How many different permutations are _____

possible? 38. There are 3 copies each of 4 different books. In how many different ways
A. 864000 B. 86400 C. 362880 D. 3628800 can they be arranged on a shelf?
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A. 366 900 B. 369 600 C. 396 600 D. 390 660
18. The Engineering club at Midwestern University is to select a president, a vice _____

president, and a secretary/treasurer from 38 members of the club. How 39. The Court of Appeals has 9 justices. On a certain case, the justices voted 5
many ways to select them. to 4 in favor of the defendant. In how many ways could this have happened?
A. 73,815 B. 50,616 C. 8,436 D. 1771,560 A. 120 B. 126 C. 134 D. 140
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19. You know that the extension of a private telephone number is 272 but you 40. How many permutations can be made from the letters of the word
have forgotten the last 4 digits. You can only recall that the last 4 digits are ENGINEERING?
3, 6, 8, and 9 but you do not know the order. What is the maximum number A. 39,916,800 B. 277,200 C. 55,440 D. 3,326,400
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of telephone calls you will need to make in order to dial the correct number?
A. 20 B. 24 C. 28 D. 32
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41. How many distinct permutations can be formed from all the letters of the 63. How many ways can 6 persons line-up if two of those persons refuse to
word sociological? stand next to each other?
A. 9972900 B. 9997200 C. 99297200 D. 9979200 A. 480 B. 520 C. 360 D. 440
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42. How many different signals, each consisting of 6 flags hung in a vertical line, 64. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills, if two
can be formed from 4 identical red flags and 2 identical blue flags? particular persons refuse to follow each other?
A. 14 B. 28 C. 48 D. 72 A. 120 B. 72 C. 90 D. 140
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43. How many different sets of 4 students can be chosen out of 17 qualified 65. A delegation of 4 students is selected each year from a college to attend the
students to represent a school in a mathematics contest? National Student Association annual meeting. In how many ways can the
A. 2380 B. 2830 C. 3280 D. 3820 delegation be chosen if there are 12 eligible students ways but two will not
attend the meeting together?
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44. In how many ways can 5 styles be selected out of 8 styles?

A. 52 ways B. 54 ways C. 56 ways D. 58 ways A. 210 B. 240 C. 450 D. 540
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66. From a group of 20 volunteers, you are choosing at least 18 to be peer

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45. Ayala Corporation advertised to hire financial analyst. The company received
applications from 10 candidates who seem to be equally qualified. The counselors. In how many ways can this be done?
company manager has decided to call only 3 candidates for an interview. If A. 120 B. 190 C. 210 D. 211
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she randomly selects 3 candidates from the 10, how many total selections 67. In how many ways can a hostess select six luncheon guests from 10 women
are possible? if she is to avoid having two of them together at the luncheon?
A. 110 B. 120 C. 130 D. 140 A. 210 B. 84 C. 140 D. 168
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46. Determine the number of different triangles which can be formed by joining 68. In how many ways can we seat 7 people in a round table with a certain 3
the six vertices of a hexagon, the vertices of each triangle being on the people not in consecutive order?
hexagon. A. 576 B. 3960 C. 5320 D. 689
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25
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_____ 69. Referring to the experiment of tossing a coin twice, let A be the event “at
47. In how many ways can 3 women be selected out of 15 women if 1 of the least one head occurs”. Which of the following gives the sample space for
women is to be included in every selection, the event A?
A. 81 B. 91 C. 101 D. 111 A. {HT} B. {TH} C. {TH, HT} D. {HT, TH, HH}
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48. From 6 chemists and 5 biologists, a committee of 7 is to be chosen so as to 70. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several items.
include 4 chemists. In how many ways can this be done? The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective (N) as they are
A. 120 B. 135 C. 150 D. 175 selected. Give the sample space for the event where it has exactly one
defective?
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49. Given 8 consonants and 4 vowels, how many 5-Ietter words can be formed,
each word consisting of 3 different consonants and 2 different vowels? A. (NNN, NND, DNN) C. (DDD, DNN, NDD)
A. 20 430 B. 30 240 C. 40 320 D. 43 200 B. (DNN, NDN, NND) D. (NDD, DND, DDN)
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71. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several items.
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50. In a random draw of four cards from a deck of 52 playing cards, how many
ways can the cards be drawn with exactly three club cards? The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective (N) as they are
A. 286 B. 220 C. 8800 D. 11154 selected. Give the sample space for event where it has at least two defectives
_____ in three?
51. In how many ways can a student select a set of 4 Structural Design books A. {NDD, DND, DDN} C. {NDD, DND, DDN, DDD}
and 3 Hydraulics books from a set of 9 Structural Design books and 5 B. {DDN, DDD, NDD} D. {DDD}
Hydraulics books? _____

A. 1080 B. 1260 C. 1420 D. 1580 72. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several items.
_____ The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective (N) as they are
52. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many ways selected. Give the sample space for the event where it has at most one
can the company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the defective?
position? A. {NNN, NND, DNN} C. {DNN, NDN, NND, DDN, DND}
A. 680 B. 840 C. 480 D. 540 B. {DNN, NDN, NND} D. {NNN, DNN, NDN, NND}
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53. In a random draw of five cards from a deck of 52 playing cards, how many 73. An experiment consists of inspecting items from a production line until a
ways can five red cards be drawn? defective (D) is found. Give the sample space for this experiment. What is
A. 32890 B. 2598960 C. 1287 D. 65780 the sample space of which exactly one item is inspected?
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54. In a random draw of five cards from a deck of 52 playing cards, how many A. {D} B. {N} C. { } D. ∅
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cards can be drawn consisting three aces and 2 face cards? 74. An experiment consists of inspecting items from a production line until a
A. 246 B. 264 C. 426 D. 462 defective (D) is found. Give the sample space for this experiment. Which
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55. In how many ways can a person choose 1 or more of 4 electrical appliances? outcomes are in the event of which at least two items are inspected?
A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18 A. {ND, NND, NNND, NNNND}
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B. {ND, DN}
56. How many ways can you invite any one or more of your eight friends to
C. {ND, NND, NNND, NNNND, …}
come in your birthday party?
D. {D, ND}
A. 255 B. 243 C. 128 D. 356 _____
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75. An experiment consists of inspecting items from a production line until a
57. An amusement park has 20 different rides. How many different
defective (D) is found. Give the sample space for this experiment. Which
combinations of rides you can go on if you want to ride at least 15 of them?
outcomes are in the event of which at most five items are inspected?
A. 21,700 B. 6196 C. 15,504 D. 32,767
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58. In how many ways can a teacher choose one or more students from six B. {DNNNN, NDNNN, NNDNN, NNNDN, NNNND}
eligible students? C. {NNNND, NNNDD, NNDDD, NNDDD, DDDDD}
A. 36 B. 46 C. 63 D. 64 D. {NNNND}
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59. How many signals can be made with 5 different flags by raising them any 76. Suppose a lot consisting of 100 items contains 5 defectives. If one item is
number at a time? randomly selected, the probability P(item is defective) is:
A. 235 B. 253 C. 325 D. 352 A. 0.05 B. 0.5 C. 0.005 D. 0.0005
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60. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal. How 77. If a die is rolled 5 times, what is the probability of obtaining five 6s in a row?
many signals can be made if a signal consists of the display of one or more Ans. (1/6)⁵
flags? _____

78. A dart target board consists of a center circle having a radius of 2 inches a
A. 64 B. 66 C. 68 D. 62
_____ square section with dimension of 6 in x 6 in and the radius of the biggest
61. Without repeating any digit, how many 3-digit numbers can you make out circle is 6 in. The three cross-sections have the same center at 0. Assuming
from digits 0, 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 that are greater than 480 the dart is equally likely to hit any point inside the target. Find the probability
A. 47 B. 50 C. 80 D. 120 that a dart thrown at the circular target will hit the area outside the square.
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62. Without repeating any digit, how many 3-digit numbers can you make out Ans. 0.682
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from digits 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 that are less than 730. 79. An employee of a large company, Toyota Motors Inc., is promoted to
A. 60 B. 64 C. 68 D. 72 management and will be transferred within 6 months. The employee is told
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that there is a 33% probability of being transferred to Cebu and a 50%
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102. A component fails a particular test (A) 15% of the time or a component
probability of being transferred to Davao. What is the probability that the displays strain but does not fail the test (B) 25% of the time.
employee will be transferred to Cebu or Davao? (a) What is the probability that the component does not fail the test?
Ans. 0.83 (b) What is the probability that a component works perfectly (neither
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80. In an unbiased coin toss, the probability of getting heads or tails is exactly displays strain nor fails the test)?
½. A coin is tossed and one gets heads. If the coin is tossed again, the (c) What is the probability that the component either fails or shows strain
probability of getting head again is: in the test?
A. ½ B. 0 C. ¼ D. ⅓ Answers: (a) 0.85 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.4
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81. A single die is tossed once. Find the probability of a 2 or 5 turning up. 103. A box contains 58 red marbles, 14 yellow marbles, 28 blue marbles, all the
A. 1/6 B. 1/3 C. 2/3 D. 5/6 marbles are of the same size. Three marbles are drawn at random from the
box, first one, then a second, and then a third. Determine the probability of
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82. A card is drawn at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. Find
the probability that it is an ace, getting one red marble, one yellow marble, and one blue marble with
A. 1/52 B. 1/26 C. 1/13 D. 1/12 replacement.
_____ A. 0.0145 B. 0.0227 C. 0.0348 D. 0.0425
83. A card is drawn at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. Find _____

the probability that it is a three of clubs or a six of diamonds. 104. A classroom contains 71 students. 10 of them are Chinese, 24 are Japanese
A. 1/52 B. 1/26 C. 1/13 D. 1/12 and 37 are Filipinos. If three students are randomly asked to get out of the
_____ room, one after the other, what are the probabilities that all 3 students are
84. A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 6 red balls, 4 white balls, Chinese?
and 5 blue balls. Determine the probability that it not red. A. 0.00021 B. 0.00032 C. 0.0036 D. 0.0042
A. 1/5 B. 2/5 C. 3/5 D. 4/5 _____

_____ 105.A box contains 100 washers, 24 of which are brass, 36 copper, and the
85. Determine the probability of throwing a total of 8 in a single throw with two remainder are steel. One washer is taken at random and retained, and a
dice, each of whose faces is number from 1 to 6. second washer similarly drawn. Determine the probability that the first is
A. 1/18 B. 1/9 C. 5/36 D. 7/36 brass, and the second is copper.
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86. Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of two numbers is A. 0.1296 B. 0.0873 C. 0.0864 D. 0.1936
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11? 106. A box contains 74 brass washers, 86 steel washers, and 40 aluminum
A. 1/36 B. 1/9 C. 1/18 D. 1/20 washers. Three washers are drawn at random from the box with
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87. In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total of 10 or 12 replacement. Find the probability that there are no aluminum washers
A. 1/6 B. 1/9 C. 1/12 D. 1/18 drawn.
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A. 0.4819 B. 0.5101 C. 0.5852 D. 0.6652
88. Eleven books, consisting of 5 engineering books, 4 mathematics books, and _____

2 chemistry books, are placed on a shelf at random. What is the probability 107. Nine pingpong balls number are placed in tambulo. You randomly draw two
that the books of each kind are all together? balls. What is the probability that the first number is odd and the second
A. 1/1155 B. 2/1155 C. 3/1155 D. 4/1155 number is even if there is a replacement for the first ball before selecting
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the second?
89. Five red blocks and 4 white blocks are placed at random in a row. What is
A. 0.247 B. 0.274 C. 0.427 D. 0.472
the probability that the extreme blocks are both red? _____

A. 2/9 B. 1/6 C. 5/18 D. 7/18 108. A quality engineer selects 3 iPods from a box that contains 20 iPods of which
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3 are defective. What is the probability that the first is defective and the
90. Nine tickets, numbered from 1 to 9, are in a box. If 2 tickets are drawn at
others are not defective?
random, determine the probability that both are odd.
A. 0.295 B. 0.204 C. 0.119 D. 0.122
A. 3/18 B. 5/9 C. 5/18 D. 2/9 _____
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109. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non‐defective cell phones. A quality
91. From no 88. Find the probability that one is odd, and one is even.
control engineer selects two cell phones at random without replacement.
A. 3/18 B. 5/9 C. 5/18 D. 2/9
_____ What is the probability that neither is defective?
92. A bag contains 6 red, 4 white, and 8 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, A. 0.95063 B. 0.9505 C. 0.00066 D. 0.00051
determine the probability that all 3 are red. _____

110. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non‐defective cell phones. A quality
A. 7/204 B. 1/204 C. 5/204 D. 3/204
_____ control engineer selects two cell phones at random without replacement.
93. A bag contains 6 red, 4 white, and 8 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, What is the probability that both are defective
determine the probability that 2 are white and 1 is red. A. 0.00050 B. 0.0007 C. 0.00053 D. 0.00063
A. 1/68 B. 3/68 C. 5/68 D. 7/68 _____

_____ 111. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non‐defective cell phones. A quality
94. Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Determine the probability control engineer selects two cell phones at random with replacement. What
that all are aces. is the probability that neither is defective?
A. 1/5555 B. 1/5552 C. 1/5525 D. 1/5255 A. 0.950625 B. 0.9505 C. 0.00066 D. 0.00051
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95. Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Determine the probability 112. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non‐defective cell phones. A quality
that all are spades. control engineer selects two cell phones at random with replacement. What
A. 3/850 B. 7/850 C. 9/850 D. 11/850 is the probability that both are defective
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96. Five cards are to be drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the A. 0.00050 B. 0.0007 C. 0.00053 D. 0.000625
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probability that all are red cards, 113. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non‐defective cell phones. A quality
A. 0.01926 B. 0.02843 C. 0.06732 D. 0.02531 control engineer selects two cell phones at random without replacement.
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97. Four cards are to be drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the What is the probability that exactly one is defective?
probability that there are exactly two clubs. A. 0.0245 B. 0.0490 C. 0.0488 D. 0.0244
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A. 0.12349 B. 0.21349 C. 0.23149 D. 0.21934 114. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non‐defective cell phones. A quality
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98. A batch of electronic parts contains 16, which are within a power tolerance control engineer selects two cell phones at random with replacement. What
and 4, which are not. If 3 electronic parts are selected at random from the is the probability that exactly one is defective?
batch, compute the probability that all three are within the power tolerance. A. 0.0245 B. 0.0490 C. 0.04875 D. 0.0244
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A. 21 B. 25/57 C. 28/57 D. 32/57 115. A man holds 2 of a total of 20 tickets in a lottery. If there are 2 winning
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99. Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52, each card being replaced before tickets, determine the probability that he has exactly one.
the next one is drawn. Compute the probability that all are aces. A. 9/95 B. 12/95 C. 15/95 D. 18/95
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A. 1/1297 B. 1/1279 C. 1/2179 D. 1/2197 116. There are three candidates, A, B, and C, for an office. The odds that A will
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100. Find the probability of drawing a 7, then a face card (K, Q or J) from a win are 7 to 5, and the odds that B will win are 1 to 3. (a) What is the
standard 52-card deck with replacement. probability that either A or B will win?
A. 0.0167 B. 0.0178 C. 0.0181 D. 0.0195 A. 7/48 B. 5/6 C. 6/48 D. 6/7
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101. The probability that a certain man will be alive 25 years hence is 3/7, and the 117. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of
probability that his wife will be alive 25 years hence is 4/5. Determine the getting 1 black and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?
probability that, 25 years hence, at least one of them will be alive. A. 0.24 B. 0.27 C. 0.53 D. 0.04
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118. One bag contains 4 white balls and 2 black balls; another bag contains 3 determine the probability of having 3 components outside of tolerance
white balls and 5 black balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag, determine required.
the probability that 1 is white and 1 is black. A. 0.0475 B. 0.0574 C. 0.0745 D. 0.0754
A. 7/24 B. 11/24 C. 13/24 D. 17/24
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_____ 139. Calculate the probability of randomly guessing at least 7 correct answers on
119. From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn a 10-question true or false quiz to get a passing a grade.
one at a time. Find the probability that one ball is white and one ball is black. A. 0.127 B. 0.172 C. 0.712 D. 0.721
Assume that the first ball is returned before the second ball is drawn.
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140. A traffic control engineer reports that 75% of the vehicles passing through
A. 16/81 B. 25/81 C. 20/81 D. 40/81 a checkpoint are from within the city. What is the probability that fewer than
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120. One bag contains 5 white balls and 4 black balls and a second bag contains 4 of the next 9 vehicles are from out of the city?
2 white and 4 black balls. One ball is drawn from the second bag and is A. 0.3483 B. 0.3834 C. 0.4833 D. 0.8343
placed unseen in the first bag. What is the probability that the ball now
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141. If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine the
drawn from the first bag is white? probability that out of 4 bolts chosen at random, less than 2, bolts will be
A. 5/21 B. 8/15 C. 23/63 D. 1/15 defective.
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121. One purse contains 5 dimes and 2 quarters, and a second purse contains 1 A. 0.1892 B. 0.2981 C. 0.8192 D. 0.9821
dime and 3 quarters. If a coin is taken from one of the two purses at random,
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142. Teams A and B are playing in a league. They will pay each other 5 times. If
what is the probability that it is a quarter? the probability that A wins a game is ⅓, what is the probability that team A
A. 29/56 B. 29/65 C. 32/65 D. 23/56 will win at least three of the five games?
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122. One purse contains 6 copper coins and 1 silver coin; a second purse contains A. 0.12 B. 0.21 C. 0.34 D. 0.43
4 copper coins. Five coins are drawn from the first purse and put into the
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143. It has been estimated that about 30% of frozen chicken contain enough
second, and then 2 coins are drawn from the second and put into the first. salmonella bacteria to cause illness if improperly cooked. A consumer
Determine the probability that the silver coin is in the second purse. purchases 12 frozen chickens. What is the probability that the consumer will
A. 1/9 B. 2/9 C. 4/9 D. 5/9 have at least 6 contaminated chickens?
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123. From the previous problem. Determine the probability that the silver coin is A. 0.1178 B. 0.1718 C. 0.1781 D. 0.1871
in the second purse.
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144. A manufacturer has the following quality control check at the end of a
A. 1/9 B. 2/9 C. 4/9 D. 5/9 production line: If at least eight of ten randomly picked articles meet all
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124. A box contains 7 tickets, numbered from 1 to 7 inclusive. If 3 tickets are specifications, the whole shipment is approved. If, in reality, 85% of a
drawn from the box, one at a time, determine the probability that they are particular shipment meet all specifications, what is the probability that the
alternately either odd, even, odd or even, odd, even. shipment will make it through the control check?
A. 1/7 B. 2/7 C. 3/7 D. 4/7 A. 0.280 B. 0.370 C. 0.820 D. 0.730
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125. The probability that A can be solve a given problem is 4/5, that B can solve 145. A grocery store manager notes that 35% of customers who buy a particular
it is 2/3, and that C can solve it is 3/7. If all three try, computer the probability product make use of a store coupon to receive a discount. If seven people
that the problem will be solved. purchase the product, what is the probability that fewer than four will use a
A. 92/105 B. 97/105 C. 101/105 D. 104/105 coupon?
A. 0.60 B. 0.70 C. 0.80 D. 0.90
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126. What is the probability of getting at least 1 one in 2 throws of a die? _____

A. 11/36 B. 13/36 C. 23/36 D. 26/36 146. An inspection procedure at a manufacturing plant involves picking three
items at random and then accepting the whole lot if at least two of the three
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127. The probability of A's winning a game of chess against B is 1/3. What is the
probability that A will win at least 1 of a total of 3 games? items are in perfect condition. If in reality 90% of the whole lot are perfect,
A. 8/27 B. 11/27 C. 16/27 D. 19/27 what is the probability that the lot will be accepted?
_____ A. 0.581 B. 0.851 C. 0.729 D. 0.927
128. Find the probability that in tossing a fair coin three times, there will appear _____

at least 1 head. 147. A box contains 5 red balls, 4 white balls, and 3 blue balls. A ball is selected
A. 7/8 B. 2/3 C. 5/8 D. 1/3 at random from the box, its color is noted, and then the ball is replaced. Find
_____ the probability that out of 6 balls selected in this manner, 3 are red, 2 are
129. Find the probability that in a family of 4 children there will be at least 1 boy. white, and 1 is blue.
Assume that the probability of a male birth is ½.. A. 325/5184 B. 425/5184 C. 725/5184 D. 625/5184
A. 9/16 B. 11/16 C. 13/16 D. 15/16 _____

_____ 148. A fair is thrown 5 times. On any one throw, outcome 1 is that an even
130. Find the probability of getting a total of 7 at least once in three tosses of a number appears, outcome 2 is that a 1 or 3 appears, and outcome 3 is that
pair of fair dice. a 5 appears. Find the probability that in the 5 throws, outcome 1 occurs
A. 91/126 B. 91/216 C. 95/126 D. 95/216 twice, outcome 2 occurs twice, and outcome 3 occurs once.
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131. If the probability that the average freshman will not complete four years of A. 0.888143 B. 0.148838 C. 0.138848 D. 0.1888889
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college is 1/3, what is the probability p that of 4 freshmen at least 3 will 149. If a fair die is to be tossed 12 times, the probability of getting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
complete four years of college? and 6 points exactly twice each is
A. 8/27 B. 11/27 C. 16/27 D. 19/27 A. 0.00344 B. 0.00434 C. 0.00334 D. 0.00343
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132. The probability of getting exactly 2 heads in 6 tosses of a fair coin is 150. Based on past experience, the makeup of Dr. Stephens’ statistics for
A. 11/64 B. 13/64 C. 15/64 D. 17/64 engineers class has consisted of 20% civil engineers, 30% chemical
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133. Find the probability that in five tosses of a fair die, a 3 will appear twice. engineers, 40% industrial engineers, and 10% electrical engineers. Given that
A. 625/3888 B. 265/3888 C. 345/3888 D. 435/3888 these probabilities still hold, what is the probability that her 2010 classes will
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consist of 25 civil engineers, 30 chemical engineers, 40 industrial engineers,
134. Find the probability that in five tosses of a fair die, a 5 will appear at most
and 10 electrical engineers?
once,
A. 0. 00047 B. 0.00074 C. 0.00036 D. 0.00063
A. 1235/3888 B. 1325/3888 C. 2135/3888 D. 3125/3888 _____
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151. The probabilities that the light bulb of the projector used in Dr. Stephen’s
135. According to statistics 30% of smokers want to quit smoking. In a random
statistical engineering software course will last less than 40 hours, 40 to 80
of 12 smokers, what is the probability that the number of who want to quit
hours, or more than 80 hours are 0.3, 0.5, and 0.2. Find the probability that
smoking is exactly 6?
among 8 such bulbs, 2 will last less than 40 hours, 5 will last between 40 and
A. 0.0792 B. 0.0836 C. 0.0942 D. 0.0632
_____ 80 hours, and 1 will last more than 80 hours.
136. Sixty percent of the employees of a certain company have at least one credit A. 0.0459 B. 0.0594 C. 0.0549 D. 0.0945
card. If a random sample of 12 employees, what is the probability that 5 of _____

152. A traffic engineer knows that at a certain intersection over a 24-hour period,
them have at least one credit card?
no accidents occur within probability 0.25, one accident occurs with
A. 0.9100 B. 0.1900 C. 0.1090 D. 0.1009
_____ probability 0.60, and two or more accidents occur with probability of 0.15.
137. If the probability that it will rain on any given day this week is 60%, find the What is the probability that over ten 24-hour periods, no accidents occur 3
probability that it will rain exactly 3 out of 7 days this week. times, one accident occurs 6 times and two or more accidents occur once?
A. 0.1359 B. 0.1593 C. 0.1935 D. 0.1953 A. 0.01968 B. 0.25000 C. 0.01094 D. 0.09185
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138. An automatic machine produces an average 10% of its components outside 153. A traffic engineer is studying accidents and finds that 15% are 1-car
of tolerance required. In a sample of 10 components from the machine, accidents, 65% are 2-car accidents, 15% are 3-car accidents, and 5% are 4-
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car accidents in the area he is studying. He randomly selects 10 accidents.
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170. A lathe machine in a mechanical shop breaks down an average of 4 times

Find the probability that in the 10 selected, 2 are 1-car accidents, 5 are 2-car per year. Using Poissons distribution, find the probability that at most 1
accidents, 2 are 3 car accidents, and 1 is 4-car accidents. breakdown will occur each year.
A. 0.0111 B. 0.0222 C. 0.0333 D. 0.0444 A. 0.1079 B. 0.1709 C. 0.1907 D. 0.1970
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154. Items under inspection are subjected to two types of defects. About 70% of
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171. Communications engineers have determined that lifetimes of Ace cell

the items in a large lot are defect-free, 20% have a type A defect, and 10% phones are normally distributed with a mean equal to 60 months and a
have a type B defect. Six of the items are randomly selected. Find the standard deviation equal to 5 months. What is the probability that a
probability that 3 have no defects, 1 has a type A defect, and 2 have a type cellphone of this type has lifetime less than 55 months?
B defect. A. 0.29602 B. 0.84134 C. 0.34134 D. 0.15866
A. 0.014 B. 0.023 C. 0.032 D. 0.041 _____
_____
172. The amount of time that a teenager plays videogames in any given week is
155. Suppose only 12% of men in ancient Greece were honest. What is the normally distributed. If a teenager plays videogames an average of 15 hours
probability that the first honest man he encounters will be no later than the per week with a standard deviation of 3 hours, what is the probability of a
fourth man he meets? teenager playing videogames between 9 and 21 hours?
A. 0.3004 B. 0.4003 C. 0.5006 D. 0.6005 A. 94.5% B. 95.4% C. 96.5% D. 97.9%
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156. A box contains 6 blue marbles and 4 red marbles. An experiment is

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173. A trucking firm determines that its fleet of trucks averages a mean of 12.4
performed in which a marble is chosen at random and its color observed, miles per gallon with a standard deviation of 1.2 miles per gallon on cross-
but the marble is not replaced. Find the probability that after 5 trials of the country hauls. What is the probability that one of the trucks averages fewer
experiment, 3 blue marbles will have been chosen. than 10 miles per gallon?
A. 5/21 B. 8/21 C. 10/21 D. 13/21 A. 0.0228 B. 0.0339 C. 0.0446 D. 0.0552
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157. A janitor with a bunch of 9 keys is to open a door but only one key can open.
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174. A factory dumps an average of 2.43 tons of pollutants into a river every
What is the probability that he will succeed in 3 trials? week. If the standard deviation is 0.88 tons, what is the probability that in a
A. 0.375 B. 0.425 C. 0.333 D. 0.111 week more than 3 tons are dumped?
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158. Ten percent of the tools produced in a certain manufacturing process turn A. 0.2578 B. 0.2875 C. 0.5287 D. 0.5827
out to be defective. Find the probability that in a sample of 10 tools chosen
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175. An electronic product takes an average of 3.4 hours to move through an

at random, exactly 2 will be defective, by using the Poisson distribution. assembly line. If the standard deviation is 0.5 hour, what is the probability
A. 0.1398 B. 0.1839 C. 0.3198 D. 0.3918 that an item will take between 3 and 4 hours?
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159. If the probability that an individual will suffer a bad reaction from injection A. 0.37607 B. 0.67307 C. 0.70367 D. 0.77603
of a given serum is 0.001, determine the probability that out of 2000
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176. The mean weight of 500 male students at a certain college is 151 lb and the
individuals exactly 3 individuals will suffer a bad reaction. standard deviation is 15 lb. Assuming that the weights are normally
A. 0.160 B. 0.170 C. 0.180 D. 0.190 distributed, find how many students weigh between 120 and 155 lb
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160. From the previous problem, determine the probability that out of 2000 A. 280 B. 300 C. 320 D. 340
individuals more than 2 individuals will suffer a bad reaction.
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177. The mean inside diameter of a sample of 200 washers produced by a

A. 0.232 B. 0.323 C. 0.454 D. 0.545 machine is 0.502 inches and the standard deviation is 0.005 inches. The
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161. A manufacturer estimates that 0.25% of his output of a component are purpose for which these washers are intended allows a maximum tolerance
defective. The components are marketed in packets of 200. Using Poisson’s in the diameter of 0.496 to 0.508 inches, otherwise the washers are
distribution, determine the probability of a packet containing only 2 considered defective. Determine the percentage of defective washers
defective components. produced by the machine, assuming the diameters are normally distributed.
A. 0.578 B. 0.758 C. 0.0785 D. 0.0857 A. 21% B. 23% C. 25% D. 28%
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162. If 3% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, find 178. A large batch of electric light bulbs has a mean time of failure of 2400 hours
the probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs, 4 bulbs will be defective. and a standard deviation of 320 hours. If a random sample of 40 light bulbs
A. 0.168 B. 0.178 C. 0.718 D. 0.816 is drawn from the batch, determine the probability that the mean time of
failure will be less than 2300 hours.
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163. From the previous problem, find the probability that in a sample of 100
bulbs, more than 5 bulbs will be defective. A. 0.032 B. 0.015 C. 0.024 D. 0.047
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A. 0.0398 B. 0.0839 C. 0.0893 D. 0.0983 179. A large batch of electric light bulbs has a mean time of failure of 2400 hours
and the standard deviation of 60 hours for a batch of 4200 bulbs. How many
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164. A manufacturer estimates that 1.5% of his output of a small item is defective.
Find the probabilities that in a pack of 200 items, three or more are defective. light bulbs will likely last more than 2500 hours?
A. 0.224 B. 0.423 C. 0.1494 D. 0.577 A. 201 B. 256 C. 183 D. 154
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180. In normal random distribution, it is found out that the mean is 80 and
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165. The number of cars entering the tool plaza on a bridge during the hour after
midnight follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 20. What is the standard deviation is 5, which of the following ranges in which 84% of the
probability that 17cars will pass through the toll plaza during that hour on data lies?
any given night. A. 60 - 80 B. 65 - 85 C. 70 - 90 D. 75 – 95
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A. 6.7% B. 7.6% C. 8.9% D. 9.8% 181. What is the standard deviation of the normal distribution that approximates
a binomial distribution consisting of 119 trials within probability of 0.70 of
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166. The number of road construction projects that take place at any one time in
a certain city follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3. Find the success?
probability that exactly five road construction projects are currently taking A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
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place in this city. 182. Compute the standard deviation of the normal distribution that
A. 0.100532 B. 0.100819 C. 0.200521 D. 0.200829 approximates a binomial distribution. There are 60 trials with a probability
of failure of 0.25.
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167. The number of road construction projects that take place at any one time in
a certain city follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7. Find the A. 2.45 B. 3.35 C. 4.25 D. 5.15
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probability that more than four road construction projects are currently 183. Of the coral reef species on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, 73% are
taking place in the city. poisonous. If at mist boat taking divers to different points off the reef
A. 0.728 B. 0.782 C. 0.827 D. 0.872 encounters an average of 25 coral reef species, what are the mean and
standard deviation for he expected number of poisonous species seen?
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168. Suppose the number of babies born during an 8-hour shift at a hospital's
maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 an hour. Find A. μx = 6.75, σx = 4.93 C. μx = 18.25, σx = 4.93
the probability that five babies are born during a particular 1-hour period in B. μx = 18.25, σx = 2.22 D. μx = 18.25, σx = 8.88
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this maternity wing. 184. A die is tossed 120 times. Find the probability that the face 4 will turn up 18
A. 0.1303 B. 0.1404 C. 0.1505 D. 0.1606 times or less, assuming the die is fair.
A. 0.3557 B. 0.5337 C. 0.5773 D. 0.7553
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169. The university policy department must write, on average, five tickets per day _____

to keep department revenues at budgeted levels. Suppose the number of 185. A fair coin is tossed 500 times. Find the probability that the number of heads
tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 8.8 will not differ from 250 by more than 10.
tickets per day. Find the probability that less than six tickets are written on A. 0.2586 B. 0.5268 C. 0.6528 D. 0.8265
a randomly selected day from this distribution.
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A. 0.1248 B. 0.1284 C. 0.1428 D. 0.1482

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186. If 60% of the population support massive federal budget cuts, what is the person without cancer as having the disease is 0.06, what is the probability
probability that in a survey of 250 people at most 155 people support such that a person is diagnosed as having cancer?
cuts? A. 16.28% B. 7.44% C. 10.34% D. 22.88%
A. 0.6711 B. 0.7611 C. 0.7822 D. 0.8722
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_____ 201. A plant has three suppliers. S1 supplies 30% of the parts of the plant, S2
187. Health official from DOH who have studied a particular virus say that 50% supplies 50% of the parts, and S3 supplies the remaining 20%. One percent
of all the Filipino people have had the virus. If a random of 144 people is of the parts supplied by S1 are defective, two percent of the parts supplied
taken, what is the probability that fewer than 60 had the virus? by S2 are defective, and three parts supplied by S3 are defective. Given that
A. 0.023 B. 0.032 C. 0.045 D. 0.054 the part was defective, what is the probability that it came from supplier S3?
A. 0.5263 B. 0.4737 C. 0.1579 D. 0.3158
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188. Among 10,000 random digits, find the probability that the digits 3 appear _____

at most 950 times. 202. A Ford has engines in three sizes. Of the Ford cars sold, 50% have the
A. 0.4467 B. 0.4647 C. 0.4746 D. 0.4764 smallest engine, 40% have the medium engine. Of the cars with the smallest
engine, 15% fail an emissions test within two years of purchase. The failure
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189. In 2017, about 1 in 43 births resulted in twins. If a barangay has 2150 births
that year, find the probability that between 29 and 50 of them were twins. figure for medium size engines is 10%, and the failure figure for the largest
A. 0.4789 B. 0.4987 C. 0.7489 D. 0.7984 engines is 5%. What is the probability that this Ford will fail the emissions
_____ test within two years?
190. One thousand copper rods have the properties shown in the table. A. 0.12 B. 0.20 C. 0.18 D. 0.22
Diameter
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203. If the probability of a spacecraft being struck by exactly one cosmic particle
Length Too thin OK Too thick during and Earth-Neptune roundtrip is identical to its probability of not
Too short 10 5 5 being struck at all, what is this probability?
OK 40 902 7 A. 0.368 B. 0.135 C. 0.513 D. 0.638
Too long 4 20 7
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204. On a university campus, 60%, 30%, and 10% of the computers use Windows,
If the rod meets the length specifications, find the probability the rod meets Apple, and Linux operating systems, respectively. A new virus affects 3% of
the diameter specifications. the Windows, 2% of the Apple, and 1% of the Linux operating systems. What
A. 0.94 B. 0.95 C. 0.96 D. 0.97 is the probability a computer on this campus has the virus?
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191. From the previous problem. If the meets the diameter specifications, find A. 0.036 B. 0.025 C. 0.063 D. 0.052
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the probability the rod meets the length specifications. 205. A chemical supply company ships a chemical in 5-gallon drums. X represents
A. 0.94 B. 0.95 C. 0.96 D. 0.97 the number of drums ordered by a randomly chosen customer. X has the
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192. On the East Coast, it is known from health records that the probability of following distribution.
selecting an adult over 40 years of age with cancer is 0.05. The probability X 1 2 3 4 5
of diagnosing a person with cancer as having the disease is 0.78 and the P(X) .1 .1 .2 .2 .4
probability of incorrectly diagnosing a person without cancer as having the Find the mathematical expectation of X.
disease is 0.06. Find the probability that a person is diagnosed as having A. 3.2 B. 3.5 C. 3.7 D. 3.9
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cancer. 206. The group of engineers decide to play the game of craps. A pair of dice is
A. 0.0390 B. 0.0570 C. 0.0960 D. 0.0620 rolled in this game and the sum to appear on the dice is of interest. What is
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193. From the previous problem. Find the probability that a person diagnosed as the mathematical expectation of the sum to appear when the dice are
having cancer actually has the disease? rolled?
A. 0.59375 B. 0.40625 C. 0.3690 D. 0.2755 A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
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194. Suppose that, in a certain part of the world, any 50-year period the 207. How many people would you expect to meet before you met one who was
probability of a major plague is .39, the probability of a major famine is .52, born on a Wednesday?
and the probability of both a plague and a famine is .15. What is the A. 6 B. 7 C. 10 D. 14
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probability of a famine given that there is a plague? 208. The number of defective welds in a length of pipe 0 through 6 with the
A. .288 B. .385 C. .513 D. .760 following probabilities.
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195. A process manufactures aluminum cans. The probability that a can has a X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
flaw on the side is 0.02, the probability that it has a flaw on the top is 0.03,
and the probability that it has a flaw on the top and the side is 0.01. What is P(X) 0.60 0.30 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
the probability that a can will have flaw on its side, given that it has a flaw Find the expected value of the number of defective welds.
on the top? A. 0.52 B. 0.55 C. 0.59 D. 0.61
A. 3/50 B. 1/25 C. 1/2 D. 1/3 _____

_____ 209. The probability that a relay remains open is 0.5. An electrical circuit consist
196. A box contains black chips and red chips. A person draws two chips without of three such relays. The number of relays that remain open in three are 0,
replacement. If the probability of selecting a black chip and a red chip is 1, 2, or 3. The number of relays that remain open is represented by X. The
15/56 and the probability of drawing a black chip on the first draw is 3/4, number of relays that remain open has the following values with the
what is the probability of drawing a red chip on the second draw, if you probabilities.
know the first chip drawn was black?
A. 3/14 B. 5/14 C. 9/14 D. 11/14 X 0 1 2 3
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197. The probability that a student takes chemistry and is on the honor rolls is P(X) 0.125 0.375 0.375 0.125
0.042. The probability that a student is on the honor roll is 0.21. What is the Find the expected value of the number of open relays.
probability that the student is taking chemistry, given that the student is on A. 1.00 B. 1.25 C. 1.50 D. 1.75
the honor roll? _____

A. 0.10 B. 0.20 C. 0.30 D. 0.40 210. A game is played as follows. You pay $1 to play. A coin is flipped four times.
_____ If four tails or four heads are obtained, you get your 1$ back plus $5 more.
198. In a certain college, 5% of the men and 2% of the women took engineering. Otherwise you forfeit your $1. What it the mathematical expectation?
Furthermore, 60% of the students are men. If a student is selected at A. 0.25 B. 0.75 C. ‐0.25 D. 0.50
random, and is found to be an engineering student, what is the probability _____

that the student is a man? 211. An engineering company prepares an estimate for a job. The cost of
A. 15/19 B. 3/10 C. 16/19 D. 4/13 preparing the estimate is P10,000. The amount of profit over and above the
_____ P10,000 is P25,000, if their estimate is accepted. The probability that their
199. At the Pine Valley Country Club, 32% of the members play golf and are estimate will be accepted is 0.70 and the probability that their estimate will
female. Also, 80% of the members play golf. If a member of the club is not be accepted is 0.30. What is the expected profit?
selected at random, find the probability that the member is female give that A. P 14,500 B. P 15,200 C. P 15,800 D. P 16,500
the member plays golf. _____

A. 0.10 B. 0.20 C. 0.30 D. 0.40 212. Assuming that each packet of cigarettes from a certain manufacturer
_____ contains, as a premium, one of a set of 52 playing cards, and that these cars
200. In a certain region of the country it is known from experience that the are distributed among the packets at random (the number of packets
probability of selecting an adult over 40 years of age with a cancer is 0.02. If available being infinite), what is the average minimum number of packets
the probability of a doctor correctly diagnosing a person with a cancer as that must be purchased in order to obtain a complete set of cards?
having the disease is 0.78 and the probability of incorrectly diagnosing a A. 236 B. 263 C. 326 D. 362