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  • Feb 20, 2008, 10:07 AM
    waqassiddiqui
    Find error in following statement
    Q-1 Find the error in each of the following statements:
    (a). The probabilities that an automobile salesperson will sell 0, 1, 2, 3 cars on any given day in February are, respectively, 0.19, 0.38, 0.29, and 0.15.
    (b). The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.40 and the probability that it will not rain tomorrow is 0.52.
    (c). The probabilities that a printer will make 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 or more mistakes in setting a document are, respectively, 0.19, 0.34, -0.25, 0.43, and 0.29.
    (d). On a single draw from a deck of playing cards the probability of selecting a heart is 1/4, the probability of selecting a black card is 1/2, and the probability of selecting both a heart and a black card is 1/8.
  • Feb 20, 2008, 10:11 AM
    Wondergirl
    What do you think?
  • Feb 20, 2008, 10:17 AM
    thegandyman
    a, figures should be consistently diminutive
    b, figures should add up to 1.0
    c, -0.25? What does that mean
    d, Black hearts only exist in Nazi pigdogs.
  • Feb 20, 2008, 11:09 AM
    ISneezeFunny
    yes.
    yes.
    you're right. Can't have a negative probability.
    ... haha

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