Card Access You have an identification card used for access to a secure area of the Wellington
Question:
Card Access You have an identification card used for access to a secure area of the Wellington Medical Center. It’s dark and you can’t see your card when you insert it. The card must be inserted with the front side up and the printing configured so that the beginning of your name enters first.
a. What is the probability of selecting a random position and inserting the card with the result that the card is inserted correctly?
b. What is the probability of randomly selecting the card’s position and finding that it is incorrectly inserted on the first attempt, but it is correctly inserted on the second attempt?
c. How many random selections are required to be absolutely sure that the card works because it is inserted correctly?
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Biostatistics For The Biological And Health Sciences
ISBN: 9780134039015
2nd Edition
Authors: Marc Triola, Mario Triola, Jason Roy