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What is the probability that when a coin is tossed it will land heads up? |
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0 |
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1 |
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What is the probability of selecting a red or yellow marble from a bag that contains 20 red marbles, 15 yellow marbles, and 35 green marbles? |
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1:1 |
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If a die and coin are tossed, what is the probability of rolling an even number on the die and heads on the coin? |
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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 |
B. |
6 |
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36 |
D. |
12 |
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A company e-mails the daily cafeteria menu to its employees at a random time between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. What is the probability that the menu will be e-mailed between 8:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m.? |
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6. |
Find 4!. |
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24 |
B. |
4 |
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10 |
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16 |
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7. |
Find 12!. |
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A. |
6,227,020,800 |
B. |
78 |
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C. |
39,916,800 |
D. |
479,001,600 |
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8. |
A composition teacher needs to choose 10 students out of 15 to serve as rough draft reviewers. A group of 10 seniors, 3 juniors, and 2 sophomores have volunteered. If the students are chosen randomly, what is the probability that 6 seniors, 2 juniors, and 2 sophomores will be selected? |
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What is the probability of randomly drawing a ten or a club from a standard deck of 52-playing cards? |
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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 six? |
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A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that the card is red or a spade? |
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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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13. |
Calculate 6C2 |
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15 |
B. |
90 |
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C. |
8 |
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60 |
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14. |
Calculate 12C2 |
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A. |
132 |
B. |
48 |
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C. |
1 |
D. |
66 |
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