Unit 3 Tutorial Exercise Set 3A Calculating Probabilities Solutions can be found on page 6 1. Over a long period of time‚ the queue length of customers at the teller section of a major bank was observed to have the following probability distribution; Number in queue Probability 0 0.1 1 0.2 2 0.2 3 0.3 4 or more 0.2 Find the probability of a. At most two people in the queue. b. No more than three people in the queue. c. At least one person in the queue. d. Two or
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Amy Purdy asks‚ “If your life were a book and you were the author‚ how would you want your story to go?” That is the question that changed her life forever. When Amy was 19‚ she moved to a place where it snowed which had been her dream since she was a little girl‚ she finally felt free and in control of her life. One day‚ Amy was coming home from work with what she thought was the flu‚ under 24 hours later she ended up in a hospital with a less than 2 percent chance of living. She was diagnosed with
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From Charlie Parker to Amy Winehouse and beyond‚ countless musicians have struggled with destructive lifestyles that ultimately consume them. Using a case study of your own choice‚ discuss why popular music remains fascinated with these tragedies. Tragedies often occur in the world of music. It has seemingly become a pattern‚ over many generations and genres of music‚ for musicians to develop a negative relationship with drugs‚ alcohol and hard partying lifestyles. ‘Charlie Parker was a legendary
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inspiration from experience and use their life stories to inspire their works. Amy Tan is no different. Amy Tan is a world renowned author known for her short stories and portrayal of the Asian-American lifestyle. She writes about many things considered violent and sad due to her unusual life circumstances that she has endured. The utilization of her own experiences helps her writings to appear authentic and soulful. Amy Tan has led an intriguing life‚ incredible literary works‚ has been awarded many
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Fixed Morality in a Fluctuating World Sonora Roman Arizona Christian University Morality today is becoming increasingly defined by individual experience and preference. It has more to do with what is right for one person rather than for humanity as a whole. Morality cannot be purely relative to culture and upbringing because there are standards of morality that are consistent worldwide and a person’s background does not change those constants. Despite the fact that morality is becoming more
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Zion Zhang Block: B In the two tests "Crow Lake" and "Students" by Tom Wayman both show the students and their teachers‚ but the teachers have not the same ways to teach them. In the two tests there are examples of person vs. person conflict as well as person vs. society conflict. In “students” and “Crow Lake” both speakers experience person vs. person conflict in their lives. In the story “Crow Lake” the narrator is in conflict with himself as well as his teacher in his life. In
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Amy was born in 1903. At school she liked to play rough games. When she was 14 a football hit her in the mouth and hurt her lip. Some children laughed at her and called her ugly Amy. She told her parents she hated school. Amy didn’t play with other children after they called her ugly Amy. She watched adventure film at the cinema. One day she saw a film about a pilot who did tricks in an aeroplane. She thought it was exciting and decided to be a pilot. Amy went to university and then worked
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Rhetorical Analysis: “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan Amy Tan‚ the Author of “Mother Tongue” very well makes the point across about cultural racism without showing any anger or specifically pointing out racism; Amy makes the reader realize how really not being American can affect how well you could handle everyday situations. The fact that this story was written by an immigrant‚ and provides real life stories about her mom and herself struggling in America‚ makes this novel a wonderful eye
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A Glimpse of Amy Tan As one of the first Asian American cultural writers of her time‚ Amy Tan is also one of the most significant contemporary writers of Literature today. Amy Tan brings to life the struggles of dual cultural identity‚ generational clashes due to age and cultural gaps minority woman face in society. Many of her stories are based upon real obstacles her‚ her Mother and Grandmother had in their lives as young woman‚ facing not only the minority issues but the sexiest stigma’s of
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their seven-years-old daughter‚ Amy. They let their daughter to die because of their believes. Amy was diagnosed as having diabetes and she had to take medical treatment; but the Hermansons were christian scientists‚ and unfortunately‚ they decided to try to heal the child with prayer rather than seek a doctor’s aid‚ this situation ending with the Amy’s dead. They had better make another choose‚ but did not. They believed that by just praying‚ they could cure Amy. The freedom of religion is obviously
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