Teams A and B are in a five-game playoff matchup; the team that wins three games is the team that wins the series. Assuming that both teams are evenly matched (i.e., the probability of winning each game is 50/50).
(a) Team A won the first game. What is the probability that team B will win the series?
(b) Continue to assume that Team A has already won one game, but the teams are not evenly matched. Assume that B is a better team. It’s better in that its probability of beating Team A in any one game is .55. What is the probability that Team B will win the series?
A batch of 500 containers for frozen orange juice contains 5 that are defective. Two are selected, at random, without replacement from the batch.
1) What is the probability that the second one selected is defective given that the first one was defective?
2) What is the probability that both are defective?
3) What is the probability that both are acceptable?
According to the most recent national political poll, there is a 0.55 percent chance that a randomly chosen American is conservative, a 0.30 percent chance that they are liberal, and a 0.15 percent chance that they are middle-of-the-road. Assuming that these probabilities are accurate, answer the following questions pertaining to a randomly chosen group of 10 Americans. What is the probability that none are conservative?