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What is the probability that when a coin is tossed it will land heads up? |
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1 |
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0 |
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What is the probability that you roll an odd number on a six-sided number cube? |
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1:1 |
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3:1 |
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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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12 |
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10 |
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7 |
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5 |
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A menu consists of 5 different main dishes, 4 types of vegetables, and 3 types of salad. If a meal contains 1 main dish, 1 vegetable, and 1 salad, how many different meals can be ordered? |
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23 |
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60 |
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55 |
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12 |
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The table shows the results when a number cube was rolled. What is the experimental probability of rolling an even number? |
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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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The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment is called a ______?_________. |
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sample space |
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odds |
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simulation |
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experimental probability |
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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 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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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 the first marble is red 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 mystery? |
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130,000 |
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130 |
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9,286 |
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92,857 |
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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 comedy? |
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19,643 |
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275,000 |
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196,429 |
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275 |
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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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1523 |
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90,000 |
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1140 |
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50,254 |
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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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no; The expected value is under $5000. |
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yes; The expected value was over $5000 |
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yes; The expected value is under $5000. |
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no; The expected value was over $5000. |
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