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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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2 |
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6 |
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12 |
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36 |
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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 weather forecaster states that the probability of rain is 30%. What are the odds that it will rain? |
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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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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 four? |
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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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In a game a player tosses a number cube and chooses one of 26 alphabet cards. What is P(even number, A, B or L)? |
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In a game a player tosses a number cube and chooses one of 26 alphabet cards. What is P(1 or 6, X or Y)? |
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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 both marbles are red? |
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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. What is the most popular type of movie? |
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comedies |
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dramas |
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mysteries |
D. |
musicals |
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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 mystery? |
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130,000 |
B. |
9,286 |
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92,857 |
D. |
130 |
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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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50,254 |
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1523 |
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90,000 |
D. |
1140 |
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A chess club is thinking of selling magazines as a fundraiser. The company states the probability of making $6,000 is 0.67 and the probability of losing $2500 is 0.27. The company claims that on average any club makes over $5000. Is this claim accurate? Why or why not? |
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yes; The expected value is under $5000. |
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yes; The expected value was over $5000 |
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no; The expected value is under $5000. |
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no; The expected value was over $5000. |
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