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There is a basket on a basketball court. A basketball player, who never misses takes a random shot at the basket. What is the probability that the ball will go into the basket?
1/2
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Determine whether the following statement describes a likely, unlikely, impossible or certain situation.There is an 85% chance it will rain. It is _______ that it will rain. (likely, unlikely, impossible, certain)
Likely
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A cook only makes one dinner. The probability that he makes pizza tonight is 30%. The probability that he makes pasta tonight is 60%. What is the probability that he makes pizza or pasta? (in percent)
90%
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What is the probability of drawing a king or a heart from a deck of cards? (1/13, 1/52, 4/13, 2/15)
4/13
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When choosing a random card from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the fractional probability of choosing a black card?
1/2
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Suppose you have a bag containing 2 black marbles and 3 red marbles. You reach into the bag, see what color it is, and then replace it in the bag. Then you repeat this process. What is the probability of picking a red marble both times?
9/25
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Which of the following is not a discrete sample space? (Throwing a die until you get a 6, throwing dice 4 times, tossing a coin, tossing 5 coins.)
Throwing a die until you get a 6.
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Two dice, one red and one yellow, are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability of getting equal numbers on both?
1/6
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Brother and Sister both appear for an interview. The probability of the selection of brother is 1/8 while the probability of rejection of sister is 4/5. What is the probability that only one of them is selected? (5/13, 11/40, 7/40, 1/10)
11/40
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A man and his wife appear for an interview for two posts. The probability of the husband's selection is 1/7 and that of the wife's selection is 1/5. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected?
2/7
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A two-sided coin is about to be tossed three times. What is the probability that the coin will land on “heads” twice and “tails” once (in any order)?
3/8
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Which of the following are dependent compound events? (getting a Prime number and getting an even number on die, tossing a coin and throwing a dice, getting a multiple of 5 and getting an even number)
Getting a Prime number and getting an even number on die.
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Two dice are rolled together. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the upper faces Is 10?
1/12
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Which of the following is NOT a compound event in case of deck of 52 cards? (getting a heart, getting a red king, getting a spade king, getting a red diamond face card)
Getting a spade king.
50
100 people are randomly divided into two groups containing 50 people each. The probability that the two tallest people are in different groups is?
50/99
75
What is the probability of getting a 'nine' or 'ten' on a single throw of two dice?
7/36
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If two cards are drawn at random from a deck of cards one after the other without replacement, what is the probability that one is even numbered card of black color and the other is a face card of red color? (12/221 23/221 15/338 63/676, none of the above)
None of the above >:))
75
One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability that the card will be a diamond.
1/4
75
If you flip a coin and roll a die at the same time, then the probability that you will flip a tail and roll a two is _____. (0.067, 0.0163, 0.083, 0.042)
0.083
75
The probability of getting at least a single "1" when two dice are rolled is?
11/36
165
How many ways can you arrange a three letter word?
60
165
A dice is rolled twice. What is the probability that the number in the second roll will be higher than that in the first? (8/36, 5/36, 15/36, 21/36)
15/36
165
A={2,3,4,5} B={4,5,6,7,8} Two integers will be randomly selected from the sets above, one integer from set A and one integer from set B. What is the probability that the sum of the two integers will equal 9?
0.20
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You take a 40 question multiple choice test and believe that for each question you have a 55% chance of getting it right. What is the probability that you get all of the questions wrong? (≈0.0000000000013%, ≈0.0000000000023%, ≈0.0000000000018%, ≈0.0000000000017%)
0.0000000000013
165
Three six-faced fair dice are thrown together. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is k(3≤k≤8) is?