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Landing on a vowel

1 2 .

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Landing on purple or a vowel

5 8 .

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Landing on blue or a vowel

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Landing on green or blue

1 2 .

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Landing on yellow or a consonant

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Not landing on yellow or a consonant

3 8 .

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For the following exercises, two coins are tossed.

What is the sample space?

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Find the probability of tossing two heads.

1 4 .

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Find the probability of tossing exactly one tail.

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Find the probability of tossing at least one tail.

3 4 .

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For the following exercises, four coins are tossed.

What is the sample space?

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Find the probability of tossing exactly two heads.

3 8 .

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Find the probability of tossing exactly three heads.

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Find the probability of tossing four heads or four tails.

1 8 .

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Find the probability of tossing all tails.

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Find the probability of tossing not all tails.

15 16 .

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Find the probability of tossing exactly two heads or at least two tails.

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Find the probability of tossing either two heads or three heads.

5 8 .

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For the following exercises, one card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of drawing the following:

A non-ace

12 13 .

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For the following exercises, two dice are rolled, and the results are summed.

Construct a table showing the sample space of outcomes and sums.

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 (1, 1)
2
(1, 2)
3
(1, 3)
4
(1, 4)
5
(1, 5)
6
(1, 6)
7
2 (2, 1)
3
(2, 2)
4
(2, 3)
5
(2, 4)
6
(2, 5)
7
(2, 6)
8
3 (3, 1)
4
(3, 2)
5
(3, 3)
6
(3, 4)
7
(3, 5)
8
(3, 6)
9
4 (4, 1)
5
(4, 2)
6
(4, 3)
7
(4, 4)
8
(4, 5)
9
(4, 6)
10
5 (5, 1)
6
(5, 2)
7
(5, 3)
8
(5, 4)
9
(5, 5)
10
(5, 6)
11
6 (6, 1)
7
(6, 2)
8
(6, 3)
9
(6, 4)
10
(6, 5)
11
(6, 6)
12
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Find the probability of rolling a sum of 3.

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Find the probability of rolling at least one four or a sum of 8.

5 12 .

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Find the probability of rolling an odd sum less than 9.

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Find the probability of rolling a sum greater than or equal to 15.

0.

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Find the probability of rolling a sum less than 15.

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Find the probability of rolling a sum less than 6 or greater than 9.

4 9 .

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Find the probability of rolling a sum between 6 and 9 , inclusive.

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Find the probability of rolling a sum of 5 or 6.

1 4 .

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Find the probability of rolling any sum other than 5 or 6.

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For the following exercises, a coin is tossed, and a card is pulled from a standard deck. Find the probability of the following:

A head on the coin or a club

3 4

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A tail on the coin or red ace

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A head on the coin or a face card

21 26

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For the following exercises, use this scenario: a bag of M&Ms contains 12 blue, 6 brown, 10 orange, 8 yellow, 8 red, and 4 green M&Ms. Reaching into the bag, a person grabs 5 M&Ms.

What is the probability of getting all blue M&Ms?

C ( 12 , 5 ) C ( 48 , 5 ) = 1 2162

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What is the probability of getting 4 blue M&Ms?

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What is the probability of getting 3 blue M&Ms?

C ( 12 , 3 ) C ( 36 , 2 ) C ( 48 , 5 ) = 175 2162

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What is the probability of getting no brown M&Ms?

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Extensions

Use the following scenario for the exercises that follow: In the game of Keno, a player starts by selecting 20 numbers from the numbers 1 to 80. After the player makes his selections, 20 winning numbers are randomly selected from numbers 1 to 80. A win occurs if the player has correctly selected 3 , 4 , or 5 of the 20 winning numbers. (Round all answers to the nearest hundredth of a percent.)

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Source:  OpenStax, Precalculus. OpenStax CNX. Jan 19, 2016 Download for free at https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11667/1.6
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