Dependent or Independent
A) Are the following events independent or dependent?
You pick a card out from a standard deck and then flip a coin.
B) What is the probability of picking a red card and getting a heads?
A) Independent
B) 1/4
P(AandB)= P(A) * P(B)= 26/52 * 1/2
Two events that cannot happen simultaneously are...
mutually exclusive
A bowl contains four apples, three bananas, three oranges, and two pears. If two pieces of fruit are selected at random, what is the probability of selecting an orange and a banana?
3/22
What are the odds of choosing a diamond from a standard deck of cards?
P(s)= 13/52=1/4
P(f)= 1- 1/4= 3/4
ODDS= 1/3
The probability of selecting a red marble, not replacing it, then selecting a green marble from a box of 6 red and 2 green marbles
A) Are these events dependent or independent?
B) Determine the probability
A) Dependent
B) 6/8 * 2/7 = 3/14
At a local high school, 34% of the students take a bus to school and 56% of the students walk to school. Find the probability of randomly selecting a student that takes a bus or walks to school and determine if these events are mutually inclusive or exclusive?
34/100 + 56/100 = 90/100 or 90%
P(AorB)= P(A)+ P(B)
mutually exclusive
What is the probability of selecting a yellow or blue marble from a box of 5 green, 3 yellow, and 2 blue marbles?
P(yellow or blue)= P(yellow) + P(blue) = 1/2
Two number cubes are tossed. What are the odds that they show a sum greater than 9?
1/5
You pick a card out of a deck, put it back, then pick another card
Are these events independent or dependent?
Independent
A card is drawn from a standard deck of cards. What is the probability of drawing a Jack or a Heart?
A) Are these events mutually exclusive or inclusive?
B) Determine the probability of the event
A) Mutually inclusive
B) 4/52 + 13/52 - 1/52 = 4/13
What is the probability of rolling two dice and getting a sum greater than 10
(5,6), (6,5), or (6,6)
3/36= 1/12
The odds of all three coins showing heads when three coins are tossed are 1 to 7. What is the probability of tossing 3 heads when three coins are tossed?
1/8
You flip a coin and then flip the same coin again.
A) Are these events independent or dependent?
B) Find the probability of getting two heads
A) Independent
B) 1/2 * 1/2= 1/4
On a school board, 2 of the 4 female members are over 40 years of age, and 5 of the 6 male members are over 40. If one person did not attend the meeting, what is the probability that the person was a male or a member over 40?
4/5
P(male or over 40)= P(male) + P(over 40) - P(male and over 40) = 6/10+ 7/10 - 5/10= 8/10 or 4/5
A bag contains 3 black, 5 green, and 4 yellow marbles.
What is the probability that 2 marbles selected a random will both be black?
P(2 black marbles)= C(3,2)/C(12,2)= 1/22
If two marbles are selected at random from a bag containing 6 red and 4 blue marbles, find the odds that both marbles are red
Odds = 1/2
P(both red)= C(6, 2)/C(12,2) = 15/45 = 1/3
P(s)=1/3
P(f)= 2/3
The probability of randomly selecting two dimes from a bag containing 10 dimes and 8 pennies if the first selection is replaced
A) Are these events independent or dependent?
B) Determine the probability of selecting two dimes
A) Independent
B) 10/18 * 10/18 = 25/81
The probability of selecting a card from a standard deck of cards and the card is a 10 or an ace
A) Determine if the event is mutually exclusive or mutually inclusive
and
B)Determine the probability
A) Mutually exclusive
B) 4/52 + 4/52= 8/52 = 2/13
Find the probability of randomly selecting 3 red pencils from a box containing 5 red, 3 blue, and 4 green pencils
1/22
There are C(5,3) ways to select 3 out of 5 red pencils and C(12,3) ways to select 3 out of 12 pencils
The probability of getting a sum of 7 when two number cubes are tossed is 1/6. What are the odds of getting a sum of 7 when two number cubes are tossed?
1/5
There are two traffic lights along the route that Ms. Prybella drives from home to work. One traffic light is red 50% of the time. The next traffic light is red 60% of the time. The lights operate on separate timers. Find the probability that these lights will both be red on Ms. Prybella's way home from work.
A) Are these events independent or dependent?
B) Determine the probability that both lights will be red
A) Independent
B) 50/100 * 60/100 = 3/10
A card is selected from a standard deck of cards. What is the probability of selecting an Ace or a black card?
A) Are these events mutually exclusive or inclusive?
B) Determine the probability
A) Mutually inclusive
B) 4/52 + 26/52 - 2/52 = 28/52 = 7/13
A survey of the junior class at SPF high school shows that 2/5 of the students who have home computers use them for word processing, 1/3 use them for playing games, and 1/4 use them for both word processing and playing games. What is the probability that a student with a home computer uses it for word processing or playing games?
29/60
P(AorB)= P(A) + P(B) - P(AandB)
P(AorB)= 2/5 + 1/3 - 1/4
= 24/60 + 20/60 - 15/60
The odds of a student selected at random being a band member are 3 to 10. What is the probability that a student selected at random is in the band?
3/13
Jack had 4 Snicker bars and 8 Mars bars. He randomly chose a piece of candy, ate it, then chose another.
A) Are these events Dependent or Independent?
B) What is the probability that both candy bars were snickers?
A) dependent
B) 4/12 * 3/11= 1/11
On a spinner labeled with numbers 1-10, where each number is equally likely to be spun, determine the probability of spinning an odd number or a multiple of 3
3/5
P(odd) = 5/10
P(multiple of 3) = 3/10
P(odd and multiple of 3)= 2/10
5/10 + 3/10 - 2/10 = 6/10 = 3/5
The probability of two independent events occurring is 1/18. If the probability of one event is 1/3, find the probability of the other event
1/6
P(AandB)= P(A) * P(B)
1/18= 1/3 * x
x= 3/18 or 1/6
Mr. E was planning a trip to the beach on Saturday but the weather forecast states that the chance of rain on Saturday is 65%. What are the odds that it won't rain on Saturday?
Odds no rain = 7/13
P(no rain)= 35/100
P(rain)= 65/100
Odds= P(no rain)/P(rain)= 35/65= 7/13