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What are the odds of not selecting a black ace from a standard deck of 52 cards? |
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25:26 |
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1:25 |
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26:1 |
D. |
25:1 |
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A weather forecaster states that the probability of rain is 30%. What are the odds that it will rain? |
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A hockey team has red sweaters, white sweaters, and blue sweaters. The team uses red or blue pants and red or white socks. Find the number of possible uniforms. |
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7 |
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10 |
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5 |
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12 |
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A briefcase combination lock contains 4 digits. Each digit is a number between 0 and 9. If each number can only be used once, what is the probability that all four digits are odd? |
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The table shows the results when a number cube was rolled. What is the experimental probability of rolling a three? |
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The table shows the results when a number cube was rolled. What is the experimental probability of rolling a number greater then three? |
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7. |
How many possible outcomes are there when choosing white, wheat or rye bread and turkey or ham? |
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A. |
6 |
B. |
12 |
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C. |
5 |
D. |
9 |
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A number cube is tossed three times. What is P(3, 2, 3)? |
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A bag of marbles has 3 green marbles, 3 red marbles and 6 yellow marbles. One marble is taken from the bag. It is not replaced. Then another marble is taken from the bag. What is the probability that the first marble is yellow and the second marble is green? |
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A bag of marbles has 4 blue marbles, 1 red marble, 5 green marbles and 6 orange marbles. One marble is taken from the bag. It is not replaced. Then another marble is taken from the bag. What is the probability that both marbles are orange? |
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Polltakers asked 1000 of the 600,000 registered voters about their preferences in the upcoming election. The results are shown in the chart. How many voters can be expected to vote for Jones? |
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300 |
B. |
300,000 |
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C. |
18,000 |
D. |
180,000 |
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A movie company polled 700 of its 500,000 moviegoers to select their favorite type of movie. The results are shown in the chart. How many moviegoers can be expected to see a drama? |
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A. |
12,857 |
B. |
180 |
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C. |
180,000 |
D. |
128,571 |
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13. |
What does the expected value of a fair game equal? |
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A. |
half the payoff |
B. |
twice the payoff |
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zero |
D. |
one |
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14. |
A Las Vegas company states the probability of winning $60,000 is 0.012, the probability of winning $15,000 is 0.014.and the probability of winning $15,000 is 0.014. What is the expected value? |
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A. |
50,254 |
B. |
1523 |
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C. |
90,000 |
D. |
1140 |
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