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probability that none of the households are tuned to NBC Sunday Night Football (be sure to
convince yourself of doing it with the table in excel and also using the multiplication rule)?
This information will help NFL executives price commercials and determine when to air
games.
a. .0002
b. .9997
c. .0480
d. .0069
____ 5. 5. The television show NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast a game between the
Colts and Patriots received a share of 22, meaning that among the TV sets in use, 22%
were tuned to the game (based on Nielson data). An advertiser wants to obtain a second
opinion by conducting its own survey, and a pilot survey begins with 33 households having
TV sets in use at the time of that same NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast.
Find the probability that at least one is is tuned to NBC Sunday Night Football (be sure to
convince yourself show using the direct method and the complement method)
a. .0002
b. .9997
c. .0480
d. .0069
____ 6. The television show NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast a game between the
Colts and Patriots received a share of 22, meaning that among the TV sets in use, 22%
were tuned to the game (based on Nielson data). An advertiser wants to obtain a second
opinion by conducting its own survey, and a pilot survey begins with 33 households having
TV sets in use at the time of that same NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast.
Find P(X<=3)=?
a. .0002
b. .9997
c. .0480
d. .0069
____ 7. 7. The number of calls received by a car towing service averages 19.2 per day (per
24 hour period). After finding the mean number of calls per hour, find the probability that in a
randomly selected hour, the number of calls is 4. This information will help the manager to
staff the store efficiently.
a. .1438
b. .5523
c. .0077
d. .0000
____ 8. 8. On one tropical island, hurricanes happen with a mean of 2.41 per year. Assume
the number of hurricanes can be modeled by a Poisson distribution, find the chance that
during the next 2 years the number of hurricanes will be 3. This information will help
meteorologists and planners prepare for natural disasters.
a. .1506
b. .2095
c. .5000
d. .0000