Problem
A stationery store has decided to accept a large shipment of ball-point pens if an inspection of 20 randomly selected pens yields no more than two defective pens. Find the probability that this shipment is...
accepted if 5% of the total shipment is defective.
not accepted if 15% of the total shipment is defective.
Problem
The number of cars passing a point on a road may be modelled by Poisson distribution. At an average, 4 cars enters the Caibaan Diversion Road in Tacloban City every 5 minutes. Find the probability that in a 5-minute period (a) two cars go past and (b) fewer than 3 cars go past.
The number of occurrences in a given time interval or in a given space can be modeled using Poisson Distribution if the following conditions are being satisfied:
The events occur at random.
The events are independent from one another.
The average rate of occurrences is constant.
There are no simultaneous occurrences.
The Poisson distribution is defined as
$P(x) = \dfrac{e^{-\mu} \mu^x}{x!}$
where x is a discrete random variable
P(x) = probability for x occurrences μ = the mean number of occurrences
Problem
A cat takes 4 leaps to a dog's 3; but 2 of the dog's leaps are equivalent to 3 of the cat’s. The cat has a start of 50 leaps. How many leaps must the dog take to catch the cat?
Problem
A certain businessman, who is always in a hurry, walks up an ongoing escalator at the rate of one step per second. Twenty steps bring him to the top. Next day he goes up at two steps per second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How many steps are there in the escalator?