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Consider a large ferry that can accommodate cars and buses. The toll for cars is $3, and the toll for buses is $10. Let x and y denote the number of cars and buses, respectively, carried on a single trip. Cars and buses are accommodated on different levels of the ferry, so the number of buses accommo

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An article titled Guard Your Kids Against Allergies: Get Them a Pet (San Luis Obispo Tribune, August 28, 2002) described a study that led researchers to conclude that babies raised with two or more animals were about half as likely to have allergies by the time they turned six. a. Do you think this s

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An article on the cost of housing in California that appeared in the San Luis Obispo Tribune (March 30, 2001) included the following statement: In Northern California, people from the San Francisco Bay area pushed into the Central Valley, benefiting from home prices that dropped on average $4000 for

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The article Most Canadians Plan to Buy Treats, Many Will Buy Pumpkins, Decorations and/or Costumes (Ipsos-Reid, October 24, 2005) summarized results from a survey of 1000 randomly selected Canadian residents. Each individual in the sample was asked how much he or she anticipated spending on Halloween

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Suppose that a random sample of size n
5 was selected from the vineyard properties for sale in Sonoma County, California, in each of three years. The following data are consistent with summary information on price per acre (in dollars, rounded to the nearest thousand) for disease-resistant grape vi

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A store sells two different brands of dishwasher soap, and each brand comes in three different sizes: small (S), medium (M), and large (L). The proportions of the two brands and of the three sizes purchased are displayed as marginal totals in the following table. P1E2 0 not E1 P1E 2 2 0E1 2 EC 1 322

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The color vision of birds plays a role in their foraging behavior: Birds use color to select and avoid certain types of food. The authors of the article Colour Avoidance in Northern Bobwhites: Effects of Age, Sex, and Previous Experience (Animal Behaviour [1995]: 519526) studied the pecking behavior

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Consider a game in which a red die and a blue die are rolled. Let xR denote the value showing on the uppermost face of the red die, and define xB similarly for the blue die. a. The probability distribution of xR is xR 1/1 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 p(xR) 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 Find the mean, variance, and

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A tennis shop sells five different brands of rackets, each of which comes in either a midsize version or an oversize version. Consider the chance experiment in which brand and size are noted for the next racket purchased. One possible outcome is Head midsize, and another is Prince oversize. Possible

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An appliance dealer sells three different models of upright freezers having 13.5, 15.9, and 19.1 cubic feet of storage space. Let x
the amount of storage space purchased by the next customer to buy a freezer. Suppose that x has the following probability distribution: x 13.5 15.9 19.1 p(x) .2 .5 .3

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The article National Geographic, the Doomsday Machine, which appeared in the March 1976 issue of the Journal of Irreproducible Results (yes, there really is a journal by that nameits a spoof of technical journals!) predicted dire consequences resulting from a nationwide buildup of National Geographic

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The article SUVs Score Low in New Federal Rollover Ratings (San Luis Obispo Tribune, January 6, 2001) gave information on death rates for various kinds of accidents by vehicle type for accidents reported to the police. Suppose that we randomly select an accident reported to the police and consider th

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Consider a Venn diagram picturing two events A and B that are not disjoint. a. Shade the event . On a separate Venn diagram shade the event . How are these two events related? b. Shade the event . On a separate Venn diagram shade the event . How are these two events related? (Note: These two relation

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A survey of 1001 adults taken by Associated Press Ipsos asked How accurate are the weather forecasts in your area? (San Luis Obispo Tribune, June 15, 2005). The responses are summarized in the table below. Extremely 4% Very 27% Somewhat 53% Not too 11% Not at all 4% Not sure 1% a. Construct a pie cha

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Ann Landers, in her advice column of October 24, 1994 (San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune), described the reliability of DNA paternity testing as follows: To get a completely accurate result, you would have to be tested, and so would (the man) and your mother. The test is 100 percent accurate if the ma

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Suppose that you are an inspector for the Fish and Game Department and that you are given the task of determining whether to prohibit fishing along part of the Oregon coast. You will close an area to fishing if it is determined that fish in that region have an unacceptably high mercury content. a. As

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Each observation in a random sample of 100 bicycle accidents resulting in death was classified according to the day of the week on which the accident occurred. Data consistent with information given on the web site www.highwaysafety.com are given in the following table Day of Week Frequency Sunday 14

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The article Theaters Losing Out to Living Rooms (San Luis Obispo Tribune, June 17, 2005) states that movie attendance declined in 2005. The Associated Press found that 730 of 1000 randomly selected adult Americans preferred to watch movies at home rather than at a movie theater. Is there convincing e

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A researcher at the Medical College of Virginia conducted a study of 60 randomly selected male soccer players and concluded that frequently heading the ball in soccer lowers players IQs (USA Today, August 14, 1995). The soccer players were divided into two groups, based on whether they averaged 10 or

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A county commissioner must vote on a resolution that would commit substantial resources to the construction of a sewer in an outlying residential area. Her fiscal decisions have been criticized in the past, so she decides to take a survey of constituents to find out whether they favor spending money