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Two events, A and B, are mutually exclusive and each have a nonzero probability. If event A is known to
occur, the probability of the occurrence of event B is
a. One
b. any positive value
c. zero
d. any value between 0 to 1
Two coins are thrown at the same time. Find the probability of getting both
heads. (A) ¾ (B) 1/4(C) 1/2(D) 0 Answer: (B)
100 cards are numbered from 1 to 100. Find the probability of getting a
prime number.
(A) 3/4
(B) 27/50
(C) 1/4
(D) 29/100
Answer: (C)
(A) 7/50
(B) 4/25
(C) 1/25
(D) 2/25
Answer: (D)
What will be the probability of losing a game if the winning probability is 0.3?
The total number of events of throwing 10 coins simultaneously is (a) 1024
(b) 512
(c) 100
(d) 10
Three coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting all heads is
Answer: d
A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 ae defective and the others are good.
Tanu will buy a pen if it is good but will not buy if it is defective. The shopkeeper
draws one pen at random and gives it to her. The probability that she will buy
that pen is
Answer/ Explanation
Answer: c
The sum of the probabilities of all elementary events of an experiment is p, then
(a) 0 < p < 1
(b) 0 ≤ p < 1
(c) p = 1
(d) p = 0 Answer: c
If tan θ = 3, then 4sinθ−cosθ/4sinθ+cosθ is equal to
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/3
(c) ½ (d) ¾
If √2 sin (60° – α) = 1 then α is
(a) 45°
(b) 15°
(c) 60°
(d) 30°
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Use the table below to answer the question.
Cost of Different Sport Balls
Kind Cost
Soccer $4.99
Baseball $1.46
Basketball $12.54
Football $8.89
Volleyball $6.43
Rounding to the nearest dollar, which shows how to estimate the cost of purchasing five sport
balls,
one of each type?
A. $31.00 = $4 + $1+ $ 12 + $8 + $6
B. $32.00 = $5 + $1+ $ 12 + $8 + $6
C. $34.00 = $5 + $1+ $ 13 + $9 + $6
D. $36.00 = $5 + $2+ $ 13 + $9 + $7 7
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