Homework Problems
GRADED A
, STAT 200 Week 3 Homework Problems
4.1.4
A project conducted by the Australian Federal Office of Road Safety asked people many questions about
their cars. One question was the reason that a person chooses a given car, and that data is in table
#4.1.4 ("Car preferences," 2013).
Table #4.1.4: Reason for Choosing a Car
Safety Reliability Cost Performance Comfort Looks
84 62 46 34 47 27
Find the probability a person chooses a car for each of the given reasons.
Total = 84+62+46+34+47+27=300
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P(Safety) = 84/300=0.28
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P(Reliability) = 62/300=0.27
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P(Cost) = 46/300=0.15
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P(Performance) = 34/300=0.11
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P(Comfort) = 47/300=0.16
P(Looks) = 27/300=0.09
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4.2.2
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Eyeglassomatic manufactures eyeglasses for different retailers. They test to see how many defective
lenses they made in a time period. Table #4.2.2 gives the defect and the number of defects.
Table #4.2.2: Number of Defective Lenses
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Defect type Number of defects
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Scratch 5865
Right shaped – small 4613
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Flaked 1992
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Wrong axis 1838
Chamfer wrong 1596
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Crazing, cracks 1546
Wrong shape 1485
Wrong PD 1398
Spots and bubbles 1371
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