Tue Hoang

Lauren Shareshian
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4 December 2013

Homework Pg 339, #13-43 odd
1. The family may own both a car and an SUV. The events are not disjoint, so the Addition
rule does not apply.

2. When cars are travelling close together, their speeds are not independent, so the
Multiplication rule does not apply.

3. a) He has multiplied the two probabilities.
b) The assumption he is making is that the probabilities he has been multiplying belong to
independent events.
c) No, because colleges use similar criteria for application requirements.

4. a) 0.72
b) 0.89
c) 0.28

5. a) 0.5184
b) 0.0784
c) 0.4816

6. a) Repair needs for the 2 cars are independent.
b) Maybe not. An owner may treat the two cars similarly, taking good or poor care of both
cars. This may decrease or increase the likelihood that each needs to be repaired.

7. a) .34
b) .08

8. a) .195
b) .913
c) Responses are independent.
d) People were polled at random.

9. a) .4712
b) .7112

10. a) .30, .30, .90, .0
b) .027, .0128, .512, .271

11. a) .0046
b) .125
c) .296
d) .421
e) .995

12. a) .027
b) .063
c) .973
d) .014

13. a) .024
b) .25
c) .543