Shari gets an allowance of $20 per week. she has decided she needs more money, so she has made a deal
with her mother in hopes of increasing her weekly allowance. she proposes that she will throw a dart at
the dart board. if she hits the board, she gets the original $20 plus another shot at the dartboard for
an additional $20. if she misses the first throw, she only gets $10 for the week. shari hits the dart
board 50% of the time.
7. shari's mom is worried about how often she will be giving her daughter $40 a week. given shari's
stats, how many weeks will her mom be out $40?
a) 26 weeks
b) 13 weeks
c) 50 weeks
d) 2 weeks

High school seniors with strong academic records apply to the nation’s most selective colleges in greater numbers each year. because the number of slots remains relatively stable, some colleges reject more early applicants. suppose that for a recent admissions class, an ivy league college received 2851 applications for early admission. of this group, it admitted 1033 students early, rejected 854 outright, and deferred 964 to the regular admission pool for further consideration. in the past, this school has admitted 18% of the deferred early admission applicants during the regular admission process. counting the students admitted early and the students admitted during the regular admission process, the total class size was 2375. let e, r, and d represent the events that a student who applies for early admission is admitted early, rejected outright, or deferred to the regular admissions pool.suppose a student applies for early admission. what is the probability that the student will be admitted for early admission or be deferred and later admitted during the regular admission process?