If three persons , on an average, come to a company for job interview per day, then determine the probability that less than three people have come for an interview on a given day.
A jogger runs from her home to a point A, which is 6 km away. For there 6 km, she
begins by running at a constant speed till she reaches a hilly portion 2 km from her
home. Here her speed slows down while she runs up the hill, which is a 1-km run.
Then she speeds up while running down the hill. The last 2 km of the run are again at
constant speed. Draw a graph to show the jogger’s speed as a function of the distance
from her home. Also find the range of this function.
A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 39 more deluxe staterooms than the Pacific Paradise. The Mediterranean Paradise has 40 fewer deluxe staterooms than three times the number of deluxe staterooms on the Pacific Paradise. Find the number of deluxe staterooms for each of the ships if the total number of deluxe staterooms for the three ships is 659.
Suppose you just received a shipment of fourteen televisions. Three of the televisions are defective. If two televisions are randomly selected, compute the probability that both televisions work. What is the probability at least one of the two televisions does not work?