Vocabulary
Basic Probability
Experimental Probability
Theoretical Probability
Independent Events and Mutually Exclusive Events
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The result of a trial.
What is an outcome?
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There are 3 red, 4 green, 2 purple, and 3 orange jelly beans in a bag. What is the probability of picking a jelly bean that is not purple?
What is 5/6?
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A number cube was rolled 150 times. It landed on 2 21 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on a 2?
What is 21/150 (.14)?
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The probability of rolling a 3 on a fair number cube.
What is 1/6?
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In an experiment with a coin and fair die, the probability of landing on heads and 6.
What is 1/12 (.083)?
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The probability of zero means that the event is __________.
What is impossible?
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The following marbles are in a bag: 20 red, 25 blue, 15 green, 10 white, and 30 black marbles. What is the probability of picking a black marble?
What is 3/10?
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If a coin is tossed 75 times and it lands on heads 36 times, what is the experimental probability of it landing on tails?
What is 52%?
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When two events can not occur in the same trial of an experiment.
What is mutually exclusive events?
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Give the sample space for 2 dice being rolled.
What is (36 outcomes listed)?
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The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment.
What is the sample space.
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The following marbles are in a bag: 20 red, 25 blue, 15 green, 10 white, and 30 black marbles. What is the probability of picking a red marble?
What is 1/5?
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The class president made 75 copies of the flyer advertising the school play. It was found that 6 of the copies were defective. If 400 more flyers need to be printed, predict how many will be defective.
What is 32 flyers?
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Rolling two number cubes, the probability of getting a sum of 10 or more.
What is 1/6 (.167)?
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In an experiment involving a coin and fair die, the probability of landing on tails and an even number.
What is 1/4 (0.25)?
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The class president made 75 copies of the flyer advertising the school play. It was found that 6 of the copies were defective. What is the probability that a flyer will be printed properly?
What is 6/75 (0.08)?
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The probability of picking a card with hearts in a deck of cards.
What is 1/4?
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