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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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1:25 |
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26:1 |
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25:1 |
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25:26 |
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How many possible outcomes are there if a die is rolled and a coin is tossed at the same time? |
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36 |
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12 |
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6 |
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2 |
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Four blocks are placed in a paper bag. Each block is marked with a different letter, A, C, T, or E. Several children are playing a game by picking three blocks out of the bag without looking into the bag as they choose. Anyone who picks the three blocks that spell CAT wins a point. What is the probability of picking the blocks marked C, A, and T? |
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Find the odds of rolling a number greater than or equal to four on a number cube. |
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A bag contains 10 red marbles, 5 gray marbles, 12 black marbles, and 8 white marbles. Two marbles are randomly drawn from the bag without replacement. What is the probability of drawing a white marble followed by a marble that is not black? |
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The table shows the results of rolling a number cube over three separate experiments. What is the experimental probability of rolling a number that is greater then or equal to five? |
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The table shows the results of rolling a number cube over three separate experiments. What is the experimental probability of rolling a number that is less than or equal to three? |
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A number cube is tossed three times. What is P(3, 2, 3)? |
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A student has 4 pants, 5 shirts and 3 pairs of shoes to choose from. How many different outfits can be selected? |
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30 |
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23 |
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12 |
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60 |
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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 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 musical or cartoon? |
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82,143 |
B. |
8,214 |
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115,000 |
D. |
115 |
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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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128,571 |
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180,000 |
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C. |
12,857 |
D. |
180 |
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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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90,000 |
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50,254 |
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C. |
1523 |
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1140 |
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A school is thinking of selling candy bars as a fundraiser. The company states the probability of making $20,000 is 0.7 and the probability of losing $6500 is 0.37. The company claims that on average any club makes over $10,000. Is this claim accurate? Why or why not? |
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no; The expected value was over $10,000 |
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yes; The expected value is under $10,000. |
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no; The expected value is under $10,000 |
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yes; The expected value was over $10,000 |
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