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The mailing list of an agency that markets scuba-diving trips to the Florida Key

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Question

The mailing list of an agency that markets scuba-diving trips to the Florida Keys contains 55% males and 45% females. The agency calls 29 people chosen at random from its list.

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Explanation / Answer

Probabiliity that a person is a male = 0.55

Probability that a person is female = 0.45

(a) Probability that 18 out of 29 people are men

= 29C18 * 0.5518 * 0.4511

= 34597290 * 0.5518 * 0.4511

= 0.1124.

(b) Probability that the firstr woman is reached on the 4th call

= 0.55 * 0.55 * 0.55 * 0.45

= 0.0749.