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A pin is dropped at random onto the square below. The point of the pin lands on one of the small regions. What is the probability that the point lands inside a blue region? |
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Members of a soccer team have blue shorts, green shorts, and yellow shorts. They also have orange jerseys, white jerseys, brown jerseys, and black jerseys. How many different uniforms can they wear? |
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15 |
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6 |
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12 |
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9 |
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A restaurant offers a choice of four types of pasta with two types of sauce. Each pasta entrée comes with or without a meatball. How many possible entrées are there? |
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16 |
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12 |
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8 |
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24 |
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Find the value of P(9, 3). |
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504 |
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729 |
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84 |
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3,024 |
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How many ways can a committee of 2 girls and 1 boy be formed from a class of 13 girls and 7 boys? |
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169 |
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546 |
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1,092 |
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91 |
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Over the last 10 years, the probability that corn seeds planted by Mr. Johannes produce corn is  . This probability is an example of _________. |
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an experimental probability |
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both |
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a theoretical probability |
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neither |
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What percent of those surveyed chose jazz as their favorite music? |
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about 28% |
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about 36% |
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about 11% |
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about 26% |
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Lara is running for student council president of the 8th grade class. She would like to poll how the students will vote on election day. Which sample is best for this situation? |
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A random sample of 50 7th grade students. |
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A random sample of 50 8th grade students. |
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A poll of Lara's cross-country teammates. |
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A random sample of 50 female 8th grade students. |
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What is the probability of rolling a number greater than six on a number cube? |
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1 |
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How many ways can you arrange the letters in the word compatible? |
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100 |
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362,880 |
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39,916,800 |
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3,628,800 |
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Given a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of randomly drawing a 2 and then a 3 if the first card is not replaced? |
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A number cube is rolled and a coin is tossed. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4 and tossing tails? |
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The chart shows the data from rolling a number cube. What is the experimental probability of rolling a 2? |
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There are 20 students in student council. Two of these students are picked to be president and vice-president. Does this represent a combination or a permutation? How many possible ways can the president and vice-president be chosen? |
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permutation; 380 ways |
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combination; 190 ways |
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combination; 380 ways |
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permutation; 190 ways |
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