A volleyball team is entered in a tournament. Rounds of the
tournament are played as best...
A volleyball team is entered in a tournament. Rounds of the
tournament are played as best of three; that is, each team will
play the opponent in that round until one of the teams has won two
games.
Suppose that teams are matched up evenly in the first round of
the tournament, such that either team has an equal chance to win.
For subsequent games, if a team had just won they will be more
confident and more likely to...
What college basketball conferences have the higher probability
of having a team play in college basketball's...
What college basketball conferences have the higher probability
of having a team play in college basketball's national championship
game? Over the last 20 years, Conference A ranks first by having a
team in the championship game 10 times. Conference B ranks second
by having a team in the championship game 8 times. However, these
two conferences have both had teams in the championship game only
two times. Use these data to estimate the following
probabilities.
(a)
What is the probability...
Assume that the Cleveland Browns football team independently has
a 70% chance to win any game...
Assume that the Cleveland Browns football team independently has
a 70% chance to win any game that they play. In a regular season,
they play 16 games for which the outcomes can only be win or loss.
(disregard the notion of a tie being a possibility)
(PLEASE SHOW ALL WORK ON WRITTEN, WORK SHOWN SHEET,
INPUT FINAL ANSWERS BELOW)
(a) What is the probability of the Browns winning exactly 12
games? (Show your calculation using formula provided)
(b) What is...
A, T, J, K, and C, win tickets to a Broadway show. The five
seats are...
A, T, J, K, and C, win tickets to a Broadway show. The five
seats are all together in one row of the theater. i) How many ways
are there for the five friends to sit in the seats? ii) If they
each randomly pick one ticket, what is the probability that A and T
will sit together?
Long-time friends Pat and Tom agree on many things, but not the
outcome of a certain...
Long-time friends Pat and Tom agree on many things, but not the
outcome of a certain baseball league's pennant race and
championship series. Pat is originally from Boston, and Tom is from
New York. They have a steak dinner bet on next year's race, with
Pat betting on the team from Boston and Tom on the team from New
York. Both are convinced they will win.
*Select from bolded choices in Part A
A.) The friends are using ["subjective probability",...
Your management team has brought to you the result of their
projections of two business plans...
Your management team has brought to you the result of their
projections of two business plans as follows. The internal policy
is to have at least 5.75% of ROI of any new or
existing businesses. Both projects require the same
amount of investment of $1,200,000. Everyone is waiting for your
decision to select one. Which project would you recommend them to
go for?
Project A:
This
project has three scenarios as follows:
1. In an optimistic case, it will...
Athens Bulldogs
After a season in which he made extensive use of all 12 players
on...
Athens Bulldogs
After a season in which he made extensive use of all 12 players
on his team, a coach is trying to select the starting team for
postseason tournament play. The following are the season statistics
on the players:
Player Position Height Rebounds Points Assists FGA FTA Turnovers
Fouls
Dave, Guard, 70, 1.3, 1.6, 3.3, 58, 90, 2.1, 3.2
Al, Guard, 72, 1.3, 3.2, 4.5, 53, 85, 1.2, 2.1
Tom, Guard, 69, 2.8, 12.1, 2.2, 47, 70, 3.3, 1.2...