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How many ways can 8 people be seated at a round table if one position has a phone? |
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120 |
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5040 |
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C. |
720 |
D. |
40,320 |
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Josie has 2 classical, 3 jazz, and 1 folk CD in her car. If she pulls 2 CDs from her CD case without looking, what is the probability that both CDs are jazz? |
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3. |
Determine the probability of getting exactly 2 heads if 4 fair coins are tossed. |
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A. |
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D. |
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4. |
Using a standard deck of cards, how many 7-card hands are possible that have 4 queens, 2 jacks, and the King of spades? |
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16 |
B. |
6 |
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C. |
64 |
D. |
24 |
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5. |
A suitcase contains a combination lock that uses the numbers 0 through 9, inclusive, for a 4 digit combination. How many different combinations are there possible if no digit may be repeated. |
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A. |
1,600 |
B. |
3,210 |
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C. |
5,040 |
D. |
40 |
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6. |
Xander has four $1 bills, four $5 bills, and two $10 bills in his wallet. How many different arrangements are possible if he removes one bill at a time from his wallet? |
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A. |
1,152 |
B. |
6,300 |
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C. |
3,628,800 |
D. |
3,150 |
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7. |
Claire has 4 comedy, 6 drama, 3 horror, and 5 action DVDs. She randomly picks 2 to take with her to a friend's sleepover. Find the probability that she picks 1 drama and 1 action DVD. |
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During a particular hurricane in the Caribbean, a meteorologist determined that the odds of it hitting Jamaica are 2 to 3. What is the probability of this happening? |
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9. |
Find the probability of selecting an orange, replacing it, then selecting an apple from a bowl of 8 oranges and 6 apples. |
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D. |
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10. |
A pair of number cubes is rolled. What is the probability that the sum is odd given that the sum is greater than or equal to 9. |
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11. |
A bag contains 5 blue marbles and 8 brown marbles. One marble is randomly drawn and discarded. Then a second marble is drawn. Find the probability that the second marble is blue given that the first marble drawn was brown. |
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12. |
The probability of tossing a tail on a bent coin is  . The coin is tossed 5 times. Find the probability of tossing exactly 3 tails. |
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A. |
0.3028 |
B. |
0.3114 |
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C. |
0.3292 |
D. |
0.2906 |
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