DEVRY MATH399 Week 4 Assignment Geometric Distribution Latest 2019 JULY

MATH399 Applied Managerial Statistics

Week 4 Assignment Geometric Distribution

QuestionYou
purchase boxes of cereal until you obtain one with the collector’s toy you
want. If, on average, you get the toy you want in every 11th cereal box, what
is the probability of getting the toy you want in any given cereal box? (Round
your answer to three decimals if necessary.)

QuestionA
weighted die has probability 0.126 of landing on a 6. If you roll the die until
you get a 6 for the first time, what is the expected number of rolls it will
take?

QuestionA
weighted coin has a 0.46 probability of landing on heads. What is the
probability that it takes 5 flips for the first head to occur?

• Round the final answer to three
decimal places.

QuestionA
basketball player has a 0.462 probability of making a three-point shot. What is
the probability that it takes the player 2 tries to make a three-point shot?
(Round your answer to three decimals if necessary.)

QuestionA
weighted die has probability 0.176 of landing on a 6. If you roll the die until
you get a 6 for the first time, what is the expected number of rolls it will
take?

QuestionA
basketball player has a 0.604 probability of making a three-point shot. What is
the probability that it takes the player 5 tries to make a three-point shot?

• Round your answer to three
decimals.

QuestionThe
probability of buying a box of cereal with a winning coupon is 0.171. If you
buy boxes of this cereal until you get the winning coupon for the first time,
what is the expected number of purchases it will take? Round your answer to the
nearest whole number.

QuestionA
marksman has a probability of 0.624 for hitting a certain long range target.
What is the probability that it takes 4 shots for the marksman to hit the long
range target?

• Round your answer to three
decimals.