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Use the Poisson distribution tables, not the mathematical formula. It is estimated that 3% of the people in an auditorium of 100 unmarried/not related adults own a second home. Find the probability that exactly 6 people in the auditorium own a second home. Give the exact decimal found in the Poisson tables for these conditions.   Hint: Recall that lambda = np

How many ways can 3 stuffed animals be arranged on a shelf if they are to be chosen from 11 different stuffed animals?Order is important!!

A die (10-sided, with the numbers 1-10 on its faces) is rolled 1500 times. Find the standard deviation for the number of “8s” that would be rolled. Round your answer to the tenths place.

 A coin is flipped 5 times, find the probability of getting exactly 2 heads. Hint: The Binomial Distribution Tables can be very helpful on questions 19-21. If you use the table for this question, give your answer exactly as it appears. If you calculated your answer, round to the thousandths plae.

A leading large college recently reported that 56.5% of its student body had concerns about the increasing price textbooks. If three students from this college were chosen at random, what is the probability that at least one of these three students chosen would be concerned about the increasing price of textbooks? Hint: use the complement and be sure to give your answer as a decimal rounded to the hundreths place.

.A coin is flipped 5 times, find the probability of getting at most 1 head. If you used a table to help find your answer, give it to the thousandths place. If you used a formula to calculate your answer, round to the thousandths place.

 A coin is flipped 5 times. Find the probability of getting at least 3 heads. If you used a table to help find your answer, give it to the thousandths place. If you used a formula to calculate your answer, round to the thousandths place.

An international car manufacturer offers its best selling model in 8 colors, 3 types of seats (leather, vinyl, or fabric), and 5 engine choices  How many outcomes are available?

Repeat #3 above choosing from the original 8 letters:  how many 4 letter codes can be made this time if the letter “d” must be the first letter of the code, “e” must be the second letter, and “g” must be the last letter of the code. Assume each chosen letter from the original 8 letters given can be used only once (no repeats).

Use the multinomial formula: The probabilities that a student from a large high school will visit/watch a movie at a theater 0, 1, 2, or 3 times a month are 0.12, 0.50, 0.29, 0.09 respectively. If 8 high school students are chosen at random, what is the probability that 2 will have no visits, 3 will have 1 visit, 2 will have 2 visits,and 1 will have 3 visits.  Give your answer as a decimal rounded to the hundreths place.