In Exercises 25–28, find the probabilities and answer the questions.




Too Young to Tat Based on a Harris poll, among adults who regret getting tattoos, 20% say that they were too young when they got their tattoos. Assume that five adults who regret getting tattoos are randomly selected, and find the indicated probability.


c. Find the probability that the number of selected adults saying they were too young is 0 or 1.

Acrophobia USA Today reported results from a survey in which subjects were asked if they are afraid of heights in tall buildings. The results are summarized in the accompanying table. Does this table describe a probability distribution? Why or why not?

In Exercises 25–28, find the probabilities and answer the questions.

Internet Voting Based on a Consumer Reports survey, 39% of likely voters would be willing to vote by Internet instead of the in-person traditional method of voting. For each of the following, assume that 15 likely voters are randomly selected.

c. Find the probability that at least one of the selected likely voters would do Internet voting.

In Exercises 25–28, find the probabilities and answer the questions.

Too Young to Tat Based on a Harris poll, among adults who regret getting tattoos, 20% say that they were too young when they got their tattoos. Assume that five adults who regret getting tattoos are randomly selected, and find the indicated probability.

a. Find the probability that none of the selected adults say that they were too young to get tattoos.

In Exercises 25–28, find the probabilities and answer the questions.

Too Young to Tat Based on a Harris poll, among adults who regret getting tattoos, 20% say that they were too young when they got their tattoos. Assume that five adults who regret getting tattoos are randomly selected, and find the indicated probability.

b. Find the probability that exactly one of the selected adults says that he or she was too young to get tattoos.

In Exercises 25–28, find the probabilities and answer the questions.

Too Young to Tat Based on a Harris poll, among adults who regret getting tattoos, 20% say that they were too young when they got their tattoos. Assume that five adults who regret getting tattoos are randomly selected, and find the indicated probability.

d. If we randomly select five adults, is 1 a significantly low number who say that they were too young to get tattoos?

Tennis Challenge In a recent U.S. Open tennis tournament, there were 945 challenges made by singles players, and 255 of them resulted in referee calls that were overturned. The accompanying table lists the results by gender.

d. If 1 of the 945 challenges is randomly selected, find the probability that it was made by a man or was upheld with an overturned call.

Tennis Challenge In a recent U.S. Open tennis tournament, there were 945 challenges made by singles players, and 255 of them resulted in referee calls that were overturned. The accompanying table lists the results by gender.

e. If one of the challenges is randomly selected, find the probability that it was made by a man, given that the challenge was upheld with an overturned call.

Salary Negotiations In a Jobvite survey, 2287 adult workers were randomly selected and asked about salary negotiations.

a. 29% of the respondents reported that they negotiated salary at their latest job. What is the number of respondents who reported that they negotiated salary?