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Mar 15th, 2006, 11:24 AM
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Thread Starter
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Easy maths problems.......
1. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 blue balls and 2 green balls. Each time a ball is drawn from the bag, it is not replace. In three draws find the probabilityof obtaining white, blue and green balls in that order.
2. Four machines - an excavator, a dumper truck, a scraper and a crane operate independently of each other. The percentage of time they are utilised are
Excav = 50%
Dumper = 40%
Scraper = 70%
Crane = 30%
i) Determine the chance of the excavator and the dumper truck not being used at any interval of time.
ii) Calculate the chance of all machines being busy.
iii) Calculate the chance of all machines being idle.
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Mar 15th, 2006, 11:26 AM
#2
Re: Easy maths problems.......
There's always a 100% of getting blue balls.
Is this homework?
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Mar 15th, 2006, 11:30 AM
#3
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New Member
Re: Easy maths problems.......
Got an A-level maths paper to do as coursework. Cant do these questions...my maths is hopeless. Im doing a degree aswell
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Mar 20th, 2006, 04:17 PM
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Re: Easy maths problems.......
1. P(w,b,g) = 1/2*3/9*2/8 for one draw. Suppose that you replace the balls for the next draw (otherwise the prob is 0, there are only 2 green) the probability for 3 draws is P(w,b,g)^3
2.
i) P(Excav and Dumb) = P(E ^ D) = P(E)*P(D) = 50/100 * 40/100
ii) P(all) = P(E ^ D ^ S ^ C) = 50/100 * 40/100 * 70/100 * 30/100
iii) 1 - P(all)
Last edited by bilm_ks; Apr 8th, 2006 at 10:12 AM.
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