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This quarter, there is a 50% chance that Jason will pass Accounting, a 60% chance that he will pass English, and 80% chance that he will pass at least one of these two courses. What is the probability that he will pass both Accounting and English?
The following table shows the distribution of Democratic and Republican U.S. Senators by gender.
MALES(M) | FEMALES(F) | TOTAL | |
DEMOCRATS(D) | 39 | 4 | 43 |
REPUBLICANS(R) | 52 | 5 | 57 |
TOTALS | 91 | 9 | 100 |
Use this table to determine the following probabilities.
Again, use the addition rule to determine the following probabilities.
If and and and are mutually exclusive, find .
If , and , find .
Two apples are chosen from a basket containing five red and three yellow apples. Draw a tree diagram below, and find the following probabilities.
A basket contains six red and four blue marbles. Three marbles are drawn at random. Find the following probabilities using the method shown in [link] . Do not use combinations.
Three marbles are drawn from a jar containing five red, four white, and three blue marbles. Find the following probabilities using combinations.
A committee of four is selected from a total of 4 freshmen, 5 sophomores, and 6 juniors. Find the probabilities for the following events.
No sophomores.
Not all four from the same class.
More juniors than freshmen and sophomores combined.
Five cards are drawn from a deck. Find the probabilities for the following events.
A flush of any suit(all cards of a single suit).
Any full house.
Two pairs
Do the following birthday problems.
If there are five people in a room, what is the probability that no two have the same birthday?
0.973
If there are five people in a room, what is the probability that at least two people have the same birthday?
Do the following problems using the conditional probability formula: .
A card is drawn from a deck. Find the conditional probability of .
A card is drawn from a deck. Find the conditional probability of .
A die is rolled. Find the conditional probability that it shows a three if it is known that an odd number has shown.
If and , and , find the following.
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