STAT 3502 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sample Space, Aspirin
13 Feb 2019
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Stat 3502: probability and statistics - assignment 1. Assignments are to be handed in prior to the beginning of tutorial on the due dates listed above. No credit will be given for answers without justi cation. [6 marks] two cold tablets are accidentally places in a box containing three aspirin tablets. One tablet is selected at random from the box and is swallowed by the rst patient. [4 marks] suppose that at a particular supermarket the probability of waiting ve minutes or longer for checkout at the cashier"s counter is 25%. On a given day, a husband and wife decide to shop individually at the market, each checking out at di erent cashier counters. They both reach cashier counters at the same time. Determine the probability that: [1 mark] the woman will wait ve minutes or longer, [1 mark] the husband will wait less than the wife, [2 marks] both the husband and wife will wait less than ve minutes.
