Exam 4: Probability and Counting Rules

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On a certain day, a cheese packaging facility packaged 560 units of mozzarella cheese. Some of these packages had major flaws, some had minor flaws, and some had both majo minor flaws. The following table presents the results. Minor Flaw No Minor Flaw Major Flaw 17 39 No Major Flaw 50 454 Find the probability that randomly chosen cheese package has a flaw (major or minor).

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The probability of an event B in relationship to an event A is defined as the probability that event B occurs after event A has already occurred.

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Urn 1 contains 3 red balls and 4 black balls. Urn 2 contains 4 red balls and 2 black balls. Urn 3 contains 6 red balls and 5 black balls. If an urn is selected at random and a ball is Drawn, find the probability it will be red.

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If a red suit is drawn from an ordinary deck of cards, what is the probability that the card is a diamond?

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On a TV game show, a contestant is shown 8 products from a grocery store and is asked to choose the three least-expensive items in the set, and then correctly arrange these three Items in order of price. In how many ways can the contestant choose the three items?

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If an event cannot happen, what value is assigned to its probability?

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There are 3 different mathematics courses, 3 different science courses, and 5 different history courses. If a student must take one of each, how many different ways can this be Done?

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 Evaluate the following: 7C3. \text { Evaluate the following: } { } _ { 7 } C _ { 3 } \text {. }

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Given the following Venn diagram, which of the following equations could be used to Calculate the probability of either event A A , event B B , or event C C occurring.  Given the following Venn diagram, which of the following equations could be used to Calculate the probability of either event   A  , event   B  , or event   C   occurring.

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When two events are independent, the probability of both occurring is:

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If one tosses a coin enough times, the number of heads and tails will tend to "even out." This is an example of the law of .

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A student and a professor each choose a number between 1 and 9 (1 and 9 are both possible choices). What is the probability that the two choose the same number?

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A survey asked 32,901 homeowners how many pets they owned. The results were as follc Number of Pets Number of Homeowners 0 6316 1 9709 2 9627 3 6618 4 or more 631 Total 32,901 Assume this is a simple random sample of homeowners. Use the Empirical Method to estimate the probability that a homeowner has at least one pet. wed:

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A section of an exam contains two multiple-choice questions, each with three answer choices (listed "A", "B", and "C"). Assuming the outcomes to be equally likely, find the Probability (as a reduced fraction) that the second answer is either "B" or "C". [Hint: List All the outcomes of the sample space first.]

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 Evaluate the following: 7P3. \text { Evaluate the following: } { } _ { 7 } P _ { 3 } \text {. }

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The number of different arrangements of four pictures from a selection of ten pictures is 5,040.

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An unfair coin has a probability 0.6 of landing heads. The coin is tossed four times. What is the probability that it lands heads at least once?

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If 20 tickets are sold and 2 prizes are to be awarded, find the probability that one person will win both prizes if that person buys exactly 2 tickets.

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The statement, "The probability that a certain sports team will win it's next game is about 60%," is an example of

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On a certain day, a cheese packaging facility packaged 490 units of mozzarella cheese. Some of these packages had major flaws, some had minor flaws, and some had both major and minor flaws. The following table presents the results. Minor Flaw No Minor Flaw Major Flaw 16 36 No Major Flaw 63 375 Find the probability that randomly chosen cheese package has a major flaw.

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