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For a sample of 20 children in a certain school, the number

42

of minutes they spend per day watching TV are as follows:

45, 25, 30, 20, 50, 24, 48, 50, 60, 23, 25, 35, 18, 30, 35,
20, 25, 18, 27, 28. The range of these samples

is________. ( 2 )
A man works in a company whose employees had an

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average income this past year for 280,000 pesos with a

standard deviation of P 30,000. How much did the man

earn this past year if her z score is -0.8? ( 2 )

Find the standard deviation of the numbers: 3,5,6,7,10,12,

4.87

15 and 18.
The number of permulation of n distinct objects arranged in

(n-1)!

a circle is:
If median = 57.22 and the mean = 55.78, find the mode by

60.10

using the empirical formula.

A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3

1/8 => 1/(2^3)

tails up?
The subset of all elements of a sample space that are not

complement of an event

in an event.
In how many different ways can a true false cinsisting of 9

512 ways

questions be answered?
A college plays 12 basketball games during a season. In

7920 ways

how many ways can the team end the season with 7 wins,

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3 losses, and 2 ties? ( 2 )

A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In

540

how many ways can the company choose from 9 men and
6 women who qualified for the position? ( 2 )
Suppose X and Y are independent random variables. The

variance of X is equal to 16; and the variance of Y is equal

to 9. Let Z = X - Y. What is the standard deviation of Z?

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(5)
A batch of computer chips includes two that are defective

0.067

and four that are acceptable. If two of these chips are

randomly selected without replacement, find the probability

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4
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that both are defective. ( 5 )

If the sum of the square of 5 numbers is 130 and their

4.8

standard deviation is equal to the square root of 2.96, find

their arithmetic mean.
Permutations that occur by arranging objects in a circle.

circular permutation

The probability distribution of a statistic

Sampling distribution

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From a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and 10 blue

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balls, one ball is drawn at random. Determine the

probability that it is red, or white.
If two dice are tossed, what is the probability of getting a 4

0.083

on the first die and an odd number on the second die?

The ages of all females from the freshmen students in

Sample

Mapua Institute of Technology are a

What is the harmonic mean between 3/8 and 4?

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A function that associates a real number with each element

Random variable

in the same space.

How many 6-number combinations can be generated from

5245786 => 42C6

the numbers from 1 to 42 inclusive, without repetition and

with no regards to the order of the numbers?
Which of the following is said to be an unbiased estimator

Sample mean

of the population mean.

One box contains 5 marbles and 2 blocks and a second

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box contains 1 marbles and 3 blocks. If an object is taken

from one of two boxes at random, what is the probability

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4

that it is a block?
There are five main roads between the cities A and B, and

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four between B and C. In how many ways can a person

drive from A to C and return, going through B on both trips

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2
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without driving on the same road twice? ( 2 )

If seven fair coins are simultaneously tossed in the air, what

0.992 => 1-((.50)^7)

is the probability that at least one will land heads up? ( 2 )

Every year, 50,000 runners compete in the Peachtree Road

Wilma, Barney, Fred, Betty

Race. They run 10 kilometers (a little over 6 miles). The

average finishing time is 55 minutes, with a standard
deviation of 10 minutes. Fred and Wilma completed the
race in 61 and 51 minutes, respectively. Barney and Betty
had finishing times with z-scores of -0.3 and 0.7,
respectively. List the runners in order, starting with the

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fastest runner and ending with the slowest runner. ( 5 )

The number of adults living in homes on a randomly
selected city block is described by the following probability
distribution.

What is the standard deviation of the probability

distribution? ( 5 )

0.89

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When it is operating properly, a chemical plant has a daily

There is at least 95 percent

production rate that is normally distributed wuth a mean of

probability that the plant is not

880 tons/day and a standard deviation of 21 tons/day.

operating properly.

During an analysis period, the output is measured with

random sampling on 50 consecutive days, and the mean
output is found to be 871 tons/day. With a 95 percent
confidence level, determine if the plant is operating

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properly. ( 5 )
For the probability density function shown, what is the

0.22

probability of the random variable being less tha 1/3? ( 2 )

In a dice game, one fair dice is used. The player wins P20

P0.00=> 20(2/6) 10(4/6)

if he rolls either 1 or 6. He loses P10 if he turns up any

other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of the

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3
3
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3
5
3
6
3
7
3
8
3
9
4
0
4
1
4
2
4

dice? ( 2 )
Four fair coins are tossed at once. What is the probability of

obtaining three heads and one tail?

What is the probability that either two heads or three heads

0.55

will be thrown if six fair coins are tossed at once?

One shot is fired from each of three guns, the probability of

0.496

a hit being 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 respectively. Find the probability
of making at least one hit.
Find the geometric mean of 3,5,8,3,7,2.

4.141

A bag contains 100 balls numbered 1 to 100. One ball is

0.6

drawn from the bag. What is the probability that the number
on the ball selected will be odd or greater tha 80?
Consists of the totality of the observations with which we

Population

are concerned.
If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery (assuming that

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there are no ties), how many ways can these 15 people win

(15C1)*(14C1)*(13C1)*(12C1)*(11C

first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes? ( 2 )

What are the mean and sample standard deviation of the

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75.7, 3.8

following numbers? ( 2 )
What is the probability of obtaining 45 or fewer heads in

0.18

100 tosses of a coin? ( 5 )

A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability that it

0.375

lands on heads exactly one time? ( 5 )

If three coins are tossed, what is the probability that one

3/8=> 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8

head will turn up?

What is the approximate probability of exactly two people in

0.057

a group of seven having the same birthday?

What is the probability of picking an orange ball and a white

0.1

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4
5
4
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4
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4
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ball out of a bag containing seven orange ball, eight green

balls, and two white balls?
A bag contains 5 red balls and 6 white balls. If 4 balls are

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drawn in succession without replacement, find the

probability that the balls drawn are all o fte same color.
This data give estimates of the centering and the

control-chart data

dispersion of the process.

If two dice are tossed, what is the probability of getting a 4

0.083

on the first die and an odd number on the second die?

Find the number of ways in which 4 boys and 4 girls can be

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seated in a row if the boys and girls are to have alternate

seats? ( 2 )
The water content of soil from a borrow site is normally

0.37

ditributed with a mean of 14.2% and a standard deviation of

2.3%. What is the probability that a sample taken from the
site will have a water content above 16% or below 12%? ( 2

4
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)
In a survey of randomly selected adults, 150 were ticketed

0.8621

for over speeding and 140 others received illegal parking

tickets. Of this group, nobody received both a speeding
ticket and a parking ticket. The men received 100 of the
speeding tickets and 90 of the parkinh tickets. If one of
these adults is randomly selected, find the probability of

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selecting a man or someone ticketed for speeding. ( 5 )

Molly earned a score of 940 on a national achievement

0.18

test. The mean test score was 850 with a standard

deviation of 100. What proportion of students had a higher

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score than Molly? ( 5 )

Out of a sample of 10,000 men, the probability that a man

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picked at random weighs over 86 kg is 0.25. The probability

that a man weighs less than 61 kg. Is 0.15. What is the
probability that a man picked at random weighs between 61

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5
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and 86 kg.
Systematic and independent examination to determine

Quality audit

whether quality activities and related consults comply with

planned arrangements.
A couple plans to have 7 children. Find the probability of

0.9922

having at least one girl.

There are 7 students, 4 of whom are girls. They are

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participation in elections for 4 student body offices, namely:

President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. What is
the probability that a girl becomes President and a boy,

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Vice President?
A point P is selected at random inside a circle. Find the
probability that the point P is closer to the center of the
circle than to its circumference.

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