1. In a world-wide study of counterfeit US bills, bills from 30 large cities were analyzed. Here are the results: 175 of the bills were verified as counterfeit while 218,955 were not counterfeit. If a bill is randomly selected, find the probability that it is counterfeit.
2. If there is upwards of $1.55 trillion in US currency circulating globally, calculate the value of counterfeit bills.
Question (1)
Given that 175 of the bills were verified as counterfeit while 218,955 were not counterfeit.
So total bills = 175 + 218,955
= 219,130
So If a bill is randomly selected, find the probability that it is counterfeit = 175 / 219130
= 0.00079861
Question (2)
Given that there is upwards of $1.55 trillion in US currency circulating globally
Probbaility that a randomly selected bill is counterfeit = 0.00079861
So value of counterfeit bills = $1.55 trilllion * 0.00079861
= $1237849678.27317
= $0.00124 trillion
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