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Test 2 Review
Spring 2013
The solution page shows you the correct answer and the section in each chapter where you can find information for
the problem. On the solutions page Chapter 4 is Elementary Probability (Chapter 5 in your book), Chapter 5 is
Binomial Probability (Chapter 6 in your book), and Chapter 9 is Correlation and Regression (Chapter 4 in your
book).
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. J ohn runs a computer software store. He counted 124 people who walked by his store in a day, 54 of whom
came into the store. Of the 54, only 22 bought something in the store. Estimate the probability that a person
who walks into the store will buy something. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
A) 0.44
B) 0.18
C) 0.41
D) 0.61
E) none of these choices
____ 2. J ohn runs a computer software store. He counted 120 people who walked by his store in a day, 57 of whom
came into the store. Of the 57, only 20 bought something in the store. Estimate the probability that a person
who walks by the store will come in and buy something. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
A) 0.11
B) 0.17
C) 0.64
D) 0.35
E) none of these choices
____ 3. Diagnostic tests of medical conditions have several results. The rest result can be positive or negative. A
positive test (+) indicates the patient has the condition. A negative test () indicates the patient does not have
the condition. Remember, a positive test does not prove the patient has the condition. Additional medical
work may be required. Consider a random sample of 128 patients, some of whom have a medical condition
and some of whom do not. Results of a new diagnostic test for the condition are shown.
Condition Present Condition Absent Row Total
Test Result + 107 21 128
Test Result 21 45 66
Column Total 128 66 194
Assume that the sample is representative of the entire population. For a person selected at random, find
P(getting test result +and condition present). Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
A) 0.66
B) 0.84
C) 0.55
D) 1.62
E) none of these choices
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____ 4. Are customers more loyal in the East or in the West? The following table is based on information from Trends
in the United Sates, published by the food marketing Institute, Washington, D.C. The columns represent
loyalty (in years) at a primary supermarket. The rows represent regions of the United States.
Less
Than 1
Year
1 2
Years
3 4
Years
5 9
Years
10 14
Years
15 or More
Years
Row
Total
East 32 54 59 112 77 118 452
Midwest 31 68 68 120 63 173 523
South 53 92 93 158 106 158 660
West 41 56 67 78 45 86 373
Column Total 157 270 287 468 291 535 2008
What is the probability that a customer chosen at random has been loyal from 3 to 4 years? Round your
answer to the nearest thousandth.
A) 0.167
B) 0.206
C) 0.286
D) 0.143
E) none of these choices
____ 5. Are customers more loyal in the East or in the West? The following table is based on information from Trends
in the United Sates, published by the food marketing Institute, Washington, D.C. The columns represent
loyalty (in years) at a primary supermarket. The rows represent regions of the United States.
Less
Than 1
Year
1 2
Years
3 4
Years
5 9
Years
10 14
Years
15 or More
Years
Row Total
East 32 54 59 112 77 118 452
Midwest 31 68 68 120 63 173 523
South 53 92 93 158 106 158 660
West 41 56 67 78 45 86 373
Column Total 157 270 287 468 291 535 2008
What is the probability that a customer chosen at random is from the West given that he or she has been loyal
1 to 2 years? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
A) 0.150
B) 0.028
C) 0.417
D) 0.207
E) none of these choices
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____ 6. Wing Foot is a shoe franchise commonly found in shopping centers across the United States. Wing Foot
knows that its stores will not show a profit unless they gross over $940,000 per year. Let A be the event that a
new Wing Foot store grosses over $940,000 its first year. Let B be the event that a store grosses over
$940,000 its second year. Wing Foot has an administrative policy of closing a new store if it does not show a
profit in either of the first two years. Assume that the accounting office at Wing Foot provided the following
information: 64% of all Wing Foot stores show a profit the first year; 73% of all Wing Foot store show a
profit the second year (this includes stores that did not show a profit the first year); however, 84% of Wing
Foot stores that showed a profit the first year also showed a profit the second year. Compute P(A andB), if
P(A) 0.64, P(B) 0.73 and P(B A) 0.84