A sign on the gas pumps of a chain of gasoline stations encourages customers to have their oil checked with the claim that one out of four cars needs to have oil added. If this is true, what is the probability of the following events? a. One out of the next four cars needs oil.
b. Two out of the next eight cars needs oil.
c. Three out of the next 12 cars need oil.

a) 0.4219 = 42.19% probability that one out of the next four cars needs oil.

b) 0.3115 = 31.15% probability that two out of the next eight cars needs oil.

c) 0.2581 = 25.81% probability that three out of the next 12 cars need oil.

Step-by-step explanation:

For each car, there are only two possible outcomes. Either they need oil, or they do not need it. The probability of a car needing oil is independent of any other car, which means that the binomial probability distribution is used to solve this question.

Binomial probability distribution

The binomial probability is the probability of exactly x successes on n repeated trials, and X can only have two outcomes.

In which is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

And p is the probability of X happening.

One out of four cars needs to have oil added.

This means that

a. One out of the next four cars needs oil.

This is P(X = 1) when n = 4. So

0.4219 = 42.19% probability that one out of the next four cars needs oil.

b. Two out of the next eight cars needs oil.

This is P(X = 2) when n = 8. So

0.3115 = 31.15% probability that two out of the next eight cars needs oil.

c.Three out of the next 12 cars need oil.

This is P(X = 3) when n = 12. So

0.2581 = 25.81% probability that three out of the next 12 cars need oil.

infinitely many solutions

step-by-step explanation:

we have been given the equation;

2(2x + 3) = -4 + 2(2x + 5)

we need to determine the value of x.

2(2x + 3), we expand this expression to obtain 4x + 6

similarly 2(2x + 5) will become 4x + 10

now we have;

4x + 6 = -4 + 4x + 10

4x + 6 = 4x + 10 - 4

4x + 6 = 4x + 6

the expression on the left hand side is identical to the one on the right hand side. therefore, we are looking at just a single straight line whose equation is;

y = 4x + 6

consequently, we shall have infinitely many solutions

d

step-by-step explanation:

hello and welcome!

so, when we see the words "proportional" along with a table, we need to know that we're looking numbers that divide by the same thing.

looking at this table, we simply have to do a trial and error, and divide to see which numbers have the same quotient. if you look at choice a & c, they both have equal quotients for three of the numbers, with one exception, so those can't be the answer. looking at b, there is no similarity, so that can't be it. then, we see d; if you divide all the numbers in the table, you'll see that they all divide by two, which is a proportional relationship, and our answer!

also, always remember that the x will always be the number that goes into y, and somewhere behind this table, is a formula. for this specific table, the formula would be:

since our x-value is being divided by two to get the y-value. and if they were to ask for more numbers in the series, this is the formula you would use to find them.