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10. SPORTS CARDS Dario owns 145 baseball cards, 102 football cards, 48
basketball cards. What is the probability that Dario randomly selects a
baseball card or a football card from his collection?
11. KITTENS Rubys cat had a litter of 8 kittens. The litter included 2
orange females, 3 mixed-color females, 1 orange male, and 2 mixed-color
males. Ruby wants to keep one kitten. What is the probability that she
randomly chooses a kitten that is female or orange?
For numbers 12-15: A card is drawn from a standard deck of playing cards.
Determine whether the events are mutually exclusive or overlapping. Then
find the probability.
19. CANDY A bag of jelly beans contains 20 red, 6 green, 7 yellow, and 5
orange jelly beans. What is the probability of randomly choosing a red jelly
bean, replacing it, then randomly choosing another red jelly bean, replacing
it, and then randomly choosing an orange jelly bean?
20. BOOKS Mrs. McNelis needs a book to prop up a table leg. She
randomly selects a book, puts it back on her shelf, and selects another book.
What is the probability that Mrs. McNelis selected two math books?
(Probably pretty good since she teaches math)
21. SOCKS Damon has 14 white socks, 6 black socks, and 4 blue socks in
his drawer. If he chooses two socks at random, what is the probability that
the first two socks he chooses are white?
22. A litter of puppies contains 8 male puppies and 4 female puppies. You
randomly select a puppy from the litter, do not replace it, and then randomly
select a second puppy. What is the probability that both are male puppies?
CHIPS A restaurant serves red tortilla chips, blue tortilla chips, and yellow
tortilla chips. The bowl of chips Gabriel receives has 10 red, 8 blue, and 12
yellow. After Gabriel chooses a chip, he eats it. Find each probability.