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You have a bag of marbles: 3 green, 5 red, and 2 white.
1. Find the probability of picking a green or a red. _______________
2. Find the odds in favor of picking a white marble.
3. Find the odds against picking a green marble.
4. The odds of the Eagles winning the Super Bowl are 7 : 2 and the odds of
the Steelers winning the Super Bowl are 15 : 1. Who has better odds of
winning the Super Bowl?
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Day 8 Compound Probability Notes Completed.notebook September 12, 2012
Probability of Compound Events
Compound means more than one thing happening as part of the event.
P (A then B) = P (A) P (B after A)
You roll a number cube and pick a card from a deck of cards. What is the
probability of the following compound events occurring?
1) P (rolling a 3, then picking a heart)
2) P (rolling an odd number, then picking a spade)
3) P (rolling a 2 or a 4, then picking the jack of clubs)
4) P (rolling not a 5, then picking not a diamond)
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Day 8 Compound Probability Notes Completed.notebook September 12, 2012
Compound Events with Replacement
You have a bag of gummy worms: 1 is green, 4 are
red, 2 are yellow, and 3 are blue. If we pick one worm
replace it
, and then select a second, find the following
probabilities.
a. P(red, then yellow)
b. P(blue, then blue)
c. P(green, then NOT green)
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Day 8 Compound Probability Notes Completed.notebook September 12, 2012
Compound Events without Replacement
You have a bag of gummy worms: 1 is green, 4 are
red, 2 are yellow, and 3 are blue. If we pick one wor
eat
it, and then select a second, find the following proba
a. P(yellow, then green)
b. P(red, then red)
c. P(blue or green, then NOT blue or green)
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