An exam consists of 20 multiple-choice questions with 5 possible answer choices per question. You haven't studied,
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a. What is the probability that a person who randomly guesses on each question gets exactly 5 questions correct given that they got at least 1 question correct?
b. What is the expected number of correct answers on the exam? What is the standard deviation?
c. What is the probability I will have to grade more than 12 exams to find one with exactly 5 correct answers, assuming all of my students were randomly guessing on all the questions?
d. What is the expected number of correct answers if a person takes 6 exams? What is the standard deviation in the number of correct answers if a person takes 6 exams?
e. If you have to pay $2 to take the exam, but your parents pay you 50 cents for every correct answer, what is your expected net profit? What is the] standard deviation in your net profit?
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Introduction to Probability
ISBN: 978-0716771098
1st edition
Authors: Mark Daniel Ward, Ellen Gundlach
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