Problem 2. Suppose we have 12 women and 4 men. If we divide these 16 people...
A committee of 3 people is selected at random from 4 men and 8 women. What is the probability that the the committee contains both men and women given that the committee is not composed of all men?
A jury pool consists of 32 people, 16 men and 16 women. Compute the probability that a randomly selected jury of 12 people is all male. Give your answer accurate to at least six decimal places.
Twenty people apply for seven jobs that are available at Fly-By-Night Aircraft Manufacturing Co. a. In how many different ways could such a group of seven people be composed?b. Twelve of the applicants are men and the rest are women. How many of these seven-person groups have exactly three men? C. How many of these seven-person groups have exactly three men or exactly three women? d. What is the probability that a group of seven selected at random will have exactly three men or...
40 women and 60 men have been selected to complete a survey on political preferences. Suppose half of the women are Conservative and half of the men are Conservative. Suppose one individual is chosen randomly from the sample. What is the probability that it is anybody other than a Conservative man?
There are 12 people in a meeting: 6 Cuban women, one (1) Cuban man, 2 Spanish women, and 3 Spanish men. A person is chosen at random and asked to leave, then another person is chosen at random and asked to leave, in both cases the nationality and sex are recorded, (a) What is the probability that the two people who leave are of the same sex? Show your calculations (b) What is the probability that the second person to...
Suppose you have 6 men and 8 women in a room. A) How many ways can you select a 6 person jury if there are no restrictions?(2) b) What is the probability that a randomly selected jury will have exactly 3 women?(2) c) What is the probability that a randomly selected jury will have no men? (2)
(4 points) From a group of 8 men and 6 women a committee consisting of 4 men and 3 women is to be formed. How many different committees are possible if (a) 2 of the men refuse to serve together? answer: (a) 2 of the women refuse to serve together? answer: (a) 1 man and 1 woman refuse to serve together? answer:
A committee of 6 people is to be chosen from a group consisting of 7 men and 8 women. The committee must consist of at least 3 women and at least 2 men. (a) How many different committees are possible? (b) What is the probability that the committee consists of 2 men and 4 women?
2. A student approaches several people who have just one tattoo and asks them what the tattoo is. The results are tabulated below. A non-word symbol A name Something else. Men Women 4 5 - 2 2 (a) (3 pts) If a person from this group is randomly selected, what is the probability the person is a man with a name tattooed? (b) (3 pts) If a person from this group is randomly selected, what is the probability the person...
# 4" (20 pts) A group of traffic violators consists of 45 men and 15 women. The men have probability 1/2 for being ticketed for crossing a red light while the women have probability 1/3 for the same offense. person will be ticketed for crossing a red light?