Question 1

Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's Biscuits is inspecting a batch of chocolate chip biscuits.When the production process is in control,the average number of chocolate chip parts per biscuit is 6.0.
-Referring to Instruction 5-7,what is the probability that any particular biscuit being inspected has at least 6.0 chip parts?

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Question 2

The local police department must write,on average,5 tickets a day to keep department revenues at budgeted levels.Suppose the number of tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4 tickets per day.Find the probability that exactly 6 tickets are written on a randomly selected day from this population.

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Question 3

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The variance of the number of power outages is ________.

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Question 4

Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's Biscuits is inspecting a batch of chocolate chip biscuits.When the production process is in control,the average number of chocolate chip parts per biscuit is 6.0.
-Referring to Instruction 5-7,what is the probability that any particular biscuit being inspected has fewer than 5.0 chip parts?

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The answer of Instruction 5-7
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Question 5

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day.The probability of seven or eight 000 calls in a day is ________.

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Question 6

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be no more than 1 power outage in a year is ________.

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Question 7

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be between 1 and 3 inclusive power outages in a year is ________.

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Question 8

Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's Biscuits is inspecting a batch of chocolate chip biscuits.When the production process is in control,the average number of chocolate chip parts per biscuit is 6.0.
-Referring to Instruction 5-7,what is the probability that any particular biscuit being inspected has 4.0 chip parts?

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The answer of Instruction 5-7
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Question 9

The Department of Commerce in a particular state has determined that the number of small businesses that declare bankruptcy per month is approximately a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4.Find the probability that exactly 5 bankruptcies occur next month.

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Question 10

The local police department must write,on average,5 tickets a day to keep department revenues at budgeted levels.Suppose the number of tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4 tickets per day.Find the probability that less than 6 tickets are written on a randomly selected day from this population.

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Question 11

The Department of Commerce in a particular state has determined that the number of small businesses that declare bankruptcy per month is approximately a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4.Find the probability that more than 3 bankruptcies occur next month.

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Question 12

Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's Biscuits is inspecting a batch of chocolate chip biscuits.When the production process is in control,the average number of chocolate chip parts per biscuit is 6.0.
-Referring to Instruction 5-7,what is the probability that any particular biscuit being inspected has less than 5.0 or more than 8.0 chip parts?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's...

Question 13

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be exactly 3 power outages in a year is ________.

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Question 14

Suppose that past history shows that 6% of college students prefer Brand A cola.A sample of 10,000 students is to be selected.Which of the following distributions would you use to figure out the probability that at least half of them will prefer Brand A cola?
A)Normal distribution.
B)Hypergeometric distribution.
C)Poisson distribution.
D)None of the above.

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Question 15

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10.0 calls a day.The standard deviation of the number of 000 calls in a day is ________.

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Question 16

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be at least 3 power outages in a year is ________.

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Question 17

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day.The probability of 2 or more 000 calls in a day is ________.

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Question 18

Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's Biscuits is inspecting a batch of chocolate chip biscuits.When the production process is in control,the average number of chocolate chip parts per biscuit is 6.0.
-Referring to Instruction 5-7,what is the probability that any particular biscuit being inspected has between 5.0 and 8.0 inclusive chip parts?

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The answer of Instruction 5-7
The quality control manager of Marilyn's...

Question 19

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day.The probability of seven 000 calls in a day is ________.

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Question 20

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be at least 1 power outage in a year is ________.

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Quiz 5: Some Important Discrete Probability Distributions

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The variance of the number of power outages is ________.

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day.The probability of seven or eight 000 calls in a day is ________.

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be no more than 1 power outage in a year is ________.

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be between 1 and 3 inclusive power outages in a year is ________.

The Department of Commerce in a particular state has determined that the number of small businesses that declare bankruptcy per month is approximately a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4.Find the probability that exactly 5 bankruptcies occur next month.

The Department of Commerce in a particular state has determined that the number of small businesses that declare bankruptcy per month is approximately a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4.Find the probability that more than 3 bankruptcies occur next month.

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be exactly 3 power outages in a year is ________.

Suppose that past history shows that 6% of college students prefer Brand A cola.A sample of 10,000 students is to be selected.Which of the following distributions would you use to figure out the probability that at least half of them will prefer Brand A cola?

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10.0 calls a day.The standard deviation of the number of 000 calls in a day is ________.

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be at least 3 power outages in a year is ________.

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day.The probability of 2 or more 000 calls in a day is ________.

The number of 000 calls in Hobart has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day.The probability of seven 000 calls in a day is ________.

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The probability that there will be at least 1 power outage in a year is ________.