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Solutions to Practice Probability Problems

1.

4/52 + 12/52

2.

1/3 * 5/6

3.

6/36 + 4/36

4.

1 - (6/36 + 4/36)

5.

1 - (6/36 + 5/36 - 1/36)

6.

6/11 * 5/10 * 5/9 * 4/8 * 4/7 * 3/6 * 3/5 * 2/4 * 2/3 * 1/2 * 1

7.

1* 12/51 * 11/50 * 1/2

8.

(a) (0.01) * (0.05)


(b) (0.05) * (0.99) + (0.95) * (0.01)
(c ) (0.99) * (0.95)

9.

(a) 3 ( 6/10* 6/10 * 4/10)


(b) 3 (6/10 * 5/9 * 4/8)

10.

(16/24 * 15/23 * 14/22)* 5

11.

1 - (4/5 * 3/4 * 2/3)

12.

1/2 + 1/2 * 1/12 + 1/2 * 11/12 * 1/11

13.

1 - P ( no hints) = 1 - (1/4 * 3/7)

14.

(a) 1/6 * 1/6 * 1/6


(b) 1* 1/6 * 1/6
(c ) 3 ( 1/6 * 1/6 * 5/6)
(d) 3 (1* 1/6 * 5/6)
(e ) 1* 5/6 * 4/6

15.

16.

1/5($5) + 1/5 ($1) = $1.20

17.

(a) 10/16
(b) 14/16
(c ) 12/16

18.

(a)

(b)

19.
(a)

(b)

20.

21.

22.

23.

1/2 * 6/11 + 1/2 * 6/14

24.

1/2 *1/10 + 1/2 * 3/15

25.

26.

0.52 + 0.17 + 0.01 + 0.05

27.

(a)

(b)

(c )

28.

(a)

(b)

(c )

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