Exclude leap years from the following calculations and assume each birthday is equally likely: (a) Determine the

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Exclude leap years from the following calculations and assume each birthday is equally likely:
(a) Determine the probability that a randomly selected person has a birthday on the 1st day of a month. Interpret this probability.
(b) Determine the probability that a randomly selected person has a birthday on the 31st day of a month. Interpret this probability.
(c) Determine the probability that a randomly selected person was born in December. Interpret this probability.
(d) Determine the probability that a randomly selected person has a birthday on November 8. Interpret this probability.
(e) If you just met somebody and she asked you to guess her birthday, are you likely to be correct?
(f ) Do you think it is appropriate to use the methods of classical probability to compute the probability that a person is born in December?
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Fundamentals Of Statistics

ISBN: 9780321844606

4th Edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan III

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