FREE Trial

Suppose a final exam contains 120 multiple-choice questions with 5 choices for each answer, and a poorly prepared student knows the answers to 60 questions and guesses on the other 60. What is the probability that she will answer 60%

Suppose a final exam contains 120 multiple-choice questions with 5 choices for each answer, and a poorly prepared student knows the answers to 60 questions and guesses on the other 60. What is the probability that she will answer 60% of the questions correctly? More than 60% correctly?

This problem has been solved!


Do you need an answer to a question different from the above? Ask your question!
  • Tutor Answer

a 60 1 5 12 Find pr 11 5 x 12 …View the full answer


answer-question
Related Book For  answer-question
Mathematical Applications for the Management Life and Social Sciences

Mathematical Applications for the Management Life and Social Sciences

ISBN: 978-1305108042

11th edition

Authors: Ronald J. Harshbarger, James J. Reynolds

See More Books
Posted Date: February 09, 2018 06:23:59
See More Questions

Students also viewed these Calculus questions

Q:
A test has multiple choice questions, with four choices of answers from which to choose. After reading the first four questions, you realize you have no idea what any of the correct answers are....
A:
a 0 25 b 0 25 0 25 0 0625 c 0 25 0 25 0 25......
Q:
An exam consists of 20 multiple-choice questions with 5 possible answer choices per question. You haven't studied, so you decide to make random guesses for each answer choice. Assume each question's...
A:
a Binomial n 20 p 1 5 P X 5 X 1 0 1746 0 9......
Q:
A quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions with 5 choices for each question. Suppose a student is sure of the first 5 answers and has each of the last 5 questions narrowed to 3 of the possible 5...
A:
Pr correct 1 3 a To get 60 student needs......
Q:
Which statement about sociology as a science is true? A) Most sociologists reject the use of the scientific method. B) Sociologists almost always use hypothesis testing in their research. C) Sociolo...
A:
option d is right Sociologists make use of tried and true methods of research such as experiments su......
Q:
What is the magnitude of the acceleration of a speck of clay on the edge of potters wheel turning at 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) if the wheels diameter is 32cm?
A:
To find the period the rotational speed in rev min is recipr......
Q:
Andy Roddick is the new owner of Ace Computer Services. At the end of August 2020, his first month of ownership, Roddick is trying to prepare monthly financial statements. Below is some information...
A:
1 Salaries and Wages Expense 1 900 Salaries an......
Q:
G (E P) (G E) (G P) Use truth tables to determine whether the following pairs of symbolized statements are logically equivalent, contradictory, consistent, or inconsistent. First, determine...
A:
Click to View...
Q:
Selected transactions for D. Reyes, an interior decorator, in her first month of business, are as follows.Jan. 2 Invested $10,000 cash in business.3 Purchased used car for $4,000 cash for use in...
A:
Account Debited Account Credited Transaction a Basic Type b Specific Accoun......
Q:
Oliver is a resident of Australia for tax purposes. He works at Green Acres, a firm of financial advisors specializing in advice relating to "sustainability living". During the current tax year, he...
A:
1 Salary of 85 000 from Green Acres This is typically considered assessable income and is subject to......
Q:
Your tax clients, Jack and Diane a married couple filing a joint return, fell in love with a new construction house for sale in their small Illinois hometown. The builder offers two options on the...
A:
move the year to be at 4 years for part A mine was 11 24 rent and 10 47 own effec......
Q:
The Rent-to-Own Company estimates that 40% of its rentals result in a sale of the product. If the company rents 15,000 of its products in a year, what is the probability that it will sell at most...
A:
15000 0 4 6000 1500......
Q:
The probability that a certain drug will lower cholesterol significantly is 0.82. If the drug is administered to 1000 patients, what is the probability that more than 800 will have significantly...
A:
1000 0 82 820 1000 0......
Q:
Visit the Web site of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C., at www.brasilemb.org. What do you learn about doing business in Brazil?
A:
This Web site contains a wealth of information on many business related top......
Q:
No fast-food restaurants are establishments that promote public health. In the following categorical propositions identify the quantifier, subject term, copula, and predicate term.
A:
In the categorical proposition No fast food restaur......
Q:
All occasions of civil disobedience are protests that should be tolerated. In the following categorical propositions identify the quantifier, subject term, copula, and predicate term.
A:
To identify the quantifier subject term copula and predicate term in the categorica......
Q:
Some school uniforms are useful tools for social conditioning. In the following categorical propositions identify the quantifier, subject term, copula, and predicate term.
A:
In the categorical proposition Some school uniforms are useful tools for social conditioni......
Q:
No sexeducation courses that are taught competently are programs that are currently eroding public morals. In the following categorical propositions identify the quantifier, subject term, copula, and...
A:
In the categorical proposition No sex education courses that are......
Q:
Some presidential candidates are not threats to the establishment. In the following categorical propositions identify the quantifier, subject term, copula, and predicate term.
A:
To identify the quantifier subject term copula and predicate term in the categorical propositio......
Q:
Write as many structures as you can that have the formula C5H10 and contain one ring. Name them.
A:
Let us consider the structures formula of C 5 H 10 and one ring Maximum number of carbon is five So the probability of number of carbon in ring will b......
Q:
Which task is performed by a book-keeper? A. Analysing the trading results B. Entering transactions in the ledger C. Preparing year-end financial statements D. Providing information for...
A:
The correct answers is B Explanation An individual engaged to maintain a daily ledger re......
Q:
An investor has $24,000 to invest in bonds of AAA and B qualities. The AAA bonds yield an average of 6%, and the B bonds yield 10%. The investor requires that at least three times as much money...
A:
Let x 1 amount invested in bonds of AAA quality and x 2 amount invested in bonds......
Q:
If you had $5,000 to invest in bonds and your intent was to ladder the bond investments at segments of $1,000 every year, for what period of time would each bond be set?
A:
Bond 1 for 1 000 for one year Bond 2 for 1 000 for two......
Q:
Paul has $ 10,000 that he wishes to invest in bonds. He can purchase Treasury bonds with a coupon rate of 7% or municipal bonds with a coupon rate of 5.5%. Paul lives in a state with no state income...
A:
Treasury bonds are exempt from state and local taxes but subject to federal......
Q:
Inventory Ratio Calculations Dell Technologies reported the following data for 2018 and 2019 (in millions): Inventory February 3, 2017 $ 2,538 February 2, 2018 2,678 February 1, 2019 3,649 Cost of...
A:
Inventory Tuenover ratio 2018 1 51 889 cost......
Q:
Is a criminal trial a job for costing purposes?
A:
Yes a tr......
Q:
A researcher found that a cigarette smoker smokes on average 31 cigarettes a day. She feels that this average is too high. She selected a random sample of 10 smokers and found that the mean number of...
A:
H 0 31 H 1 31 claim C V 1 833 d f 9 Rejec......
Q:
What does the organization do, in a broad sense? Visualizing the cruise company as a transformation process, draw a simple diagram (like Figure 1.2) showing the inputs, resources, and outputs....
A:
The company provides a cruise experience including short duratio......
Q:
Schweser Satellites Inc. produces satellite earth stations that sell for $100,000 each. The firms fixed costs, F, are $2 million, 50 earth stations are produced and sold each year, profits total...
A:
a Here are the steps involved 1 Determine the variable cost per unit at present V 4 Estimate the app......
Q:
Draw and Solve the appropriate Karnaugh Map (K-map) for each of the following Boolean functions f(w,x,y,z) = w'xyz + w'xyz' + wxyz' + wxyz + w'xy'z' + wxy'z'
A:
The Karnaugh map for the Boolean function f w x y z w xyz wxyz wxyz wxyz w......
Q:
On January 1, 20X0, Washington Park District issued $20 million of 5-year, 6% debentures. Interest is paid semiannually. The market interest rate at issuance was 10%. 1. Compute the proceeds from...
A:
1 Proceeds equal the present values of interest and maturity payments at the market rate Interest payment 1 2 6 20 000 000 600 000 PV of interest paym......
Q:
Mary paid $2,000 of state income taxes in 2012. The total sales tax she paid during 2012 was $5,500, which included $3,000 for the cost of a new car. How should Mary treat the taxes paid on her 2012...
A:
Mary can deduct the greater of the 5 500 of regular sal......
Q:
While preparing Massie Miller's 2012 Schedule A, you review the following list of possible charitable deductions provided by Massie: Cash contribution to a family whose house burned...
A:
Massie can take a charitable contribution deduction for 800 the cash contribution donated......
Q:
How do you determine whether a point (x 0 , Y 0 , Z 0 ) in a vector field is a source, a sink, or incompressible?
A:
If div F x y z 0 t......
Q:
The standard labour employment and the actual labour engaged in a 40 hours week for a job are as under: Standard Actual Category of workers Skilled Semi- skilled Unskilled Standard output Actual...
A:
To calculate the labor variances we ll use the following formulas i Labor Cost Variance Labor Cost Variance Standard Hours Worked x Standard Wage Rate Actual Hours Worked x Actual Wage Rate ii Labor E......
Q:
The comparative balance sheets for 2018 and 2017 and the statement of income for 2018 are given below for Wright Company. Additional information from Wright's accounting records is provided also....
A:
CALCULATIONS Net cash provided by operating activities Cash received from customers Cash payments to suppliers Cash payments to employees Cash payment......
Q:
Mrs. Williams and Mr. Stafford (W & S) were the personal representatives of Mr. Michael Burrows (the deceased) who died in February 1993; Sofia Burrows was the wife of the deceased. W & S were...
A:
a Determining the deceased s domicile Domicile is a complex legal concept that is often a mix of intention residence and other factors In this case we need to assess Mr Michael Burrows domicile which......
Q:
Write a program with total change amount as an integer input that outputs the change using the fewest coins, one coin type per line. The coin types are dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies....
A:
Python Code def exact change user total num dollars user total 100......
Q:
How media literate do you think you are? What about those around you - your parents, for example, or your best friend? What are your weaknesses as a media-literate person? How has this class impacted...
A:
Media literacy is an essential skill that individuals can develop to become more critical and discerning consumers of media content Here s how media literate individuals and those around them such as......
Q:
Ms. LG plans to structure a transaction as a legal sale of property, even though the economic substance of the transaction is a lease of the property. In her current position, the tax consequences of...
A:
Could the IRS invoke the substance over form doctrine to require......
Q:
What tools are available to help shoppers compare prices, features, and values and check other shoppers opinions?
A:
More than just a tool for placing orders the Internet is an......
Q:
Jadele, Inc., borrowed $12.8 million at 7.2% compounded quarterly for 30 years for construction of a new manufacturing facility. After making 42 quarterly payments of $261,094.80, it plans to...
A:
Jadele a R 261 094 80 i 0 072 4 0 018 n 4 30 120 k......
Q:
1. With a present value of $135,000, what is the size of the withdrawals that can be made at the end of each quarter for the next 10 years if money is worth 6.4%, compounded quarterly? 2. If $88,000...
A:
1 A 135 000 n 10 4 40......
Q:
Drake Radio got its start during World War I by manufacturing radio communications equipment for the military. By the start of World War II, Drake was one of the largest suppliers of military...
A:
1 In order to figure out the reorder points for the two suppliers daily demand for the FM tuner must be derived Since one FM tuner is required for eac......
Q:
A 63.0-F capacitor is connected to a generator operating at a low frequency. The rms voltage of the generator is 4.00 V and is constant. A fuse in series with the capacitor has negligible resistance...
A:
Solving Equation for f we obtain In t......
Q:
What is the frequency of a microwave whose wavelength is 1.60 cm?
A:
The frequency......
Q:
Financial information for Powell Panther Corporation is shown here: Powell Panther Corporation: Income Statements for Year Ending December 31 (Millions of Dollars) a. What was the 2005 NOPAT? b. What...
A:
a NOPAT 05 EBIT 1 T 150 000 000 0 6 90 000 000 b c Operating capital 04 250 000......
Q:
Interpret the following symbolized arguments in light of the eight argument forms presented in this section. In some cases a symbolized argument must be rewritten using commutativity or double...
A:
Click to View...
Q:
Callaghan Company is considering investing in two new vans that are expected to generate combined cash inflows of $28,000 per year. The vans combined purchase price is $91,000. The expected life and...
A:
a Present Value Present Value Future Value x Table Factor Present Value Present value 28 000 x 3 3......
Q:
Hey Caveman, Why Do YOU Make Art? There are a lot of reasons why someone makes a work of art. Understanding WHY begins with placing the reasons into one of three categories: Beauty, Communication,...
A:
As a prehistoric cave dweller I would have created art primarily for spirit......
Q:
What are the indices of the six directions of the form < 110 > that lie in the (111) plane of a cubic cell?
A:
110 1......
Q:
When Otto and Millie bought their home, they borrowed $200,000 for 30 years at 6% compounded monthly. After making 120 payments of $1199.10, they plan to refinance at 4.5% compounded monthly for 15...
A:
a R 1199 10 i 0 06 12 0 005 n 12 30 360 k 120 167 371 30......
Q:
A recent college graduate buys a new car by borrowing $18,000 at 8.4%, compounded monthly, for 5 years. She decides to pay an extra $15 per payment. (a) What is the monthly payment required by the...
A:
a A n 18 000 n 60 i 0 084 12 0 007 368 43 is required by the loan she decides......
Q:
Now that we understand the problem, lets use the brainstorming technique to solve it. Identify the step in the decision-making model represented by each statement. Step 1: ______ Step 2: ______ Step...
A:
Step 3 Brainstorm......
Q:
When designing cars and aircraft, we must consider the forward grip reach of women. Women have normally distributed forward grip reaches with a mean of 686 mm and a standard deviation of 34 mm (based...
A:
a Shortest Forward Grip Reach to Access Dashboard To find the shortest forward grip reach that can access the dashboard for 95 of women we need to fin......
Q:
Suppose that water is to be pumped upward at a volume flow rate Q from one reservoir to another, as in Fig. P12.5. The difference in the water levels is nearly constant at H. The connection is a...
A:
friction factor is Finally we need to find the total he......
Q:
Suppose that the real rate of return on T-bills is 5% and the inflation rate is estimated to be 2.4%. What is the nominal rate of return on the T-bills?
A:
The nominal rate of return on T bills can be calcu......
Q:
Suppose you want to save money to pay for a down payment on an apartment in 5 years time. One year from now, you will invest your $30,000 yearend bonus for the down payment. If you can invest at 15%...
A:
To calculate the interest you will receive on your 30 000 one year from now when invested at 15 per......
Q:
Nick is a product manager in an investment banking firm. His supervisor asked him to price an investment product, so Nick conducted some research and the market information he obtained is as follows:...
A:
To calculate the nominal rate of return for Nick s investment product we need to consider the com......
Q:
Let X and Y be discrete random variable with joint PMF What is the PMF of W = min (X,Y)? x = 1, 2 . . . , 10, y=12 0.01 ,10, 0 otherwise.
A:
The x y pairs with nonzero probability are shown in the fi......
Q:
How does the organizational structure of an MNC influence its strategy implementation?
A:
The organizational structure of a MNC is determined to a considerable extent on th......
Big Ideas Math Red A Common Core Curriculum Student Edition - ISBN: 1608404501 - Free Book