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Chapter 5
Exam
Name: _____________________________
Answer all questions in the space provided. You must show a full solution in order to receive full
marks. Good luck!
Multiple Choice Section:
_____1.
Given the following probabilities, which event is most likely to occur?
A.
P(A) = 0.28
B.
C.
P(B) =
P(C) = 0.27
D.
P(D) =
_____2.
odds
A.
B.
C.
D.
1:4
1:3
3:4
3:1
_____ 3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tia notices that yogurt is on sale at a local grocery store. The last eight times that
yogurt was on sale, it was available only three times. Determine the odds against
yogurt being available this time.
3:5
3:8
5:8
5:3
_____ 4.
of Zahra
A.
0.250
B.
0.333
C.
0.625
D.
0.750
_____ 5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Raymond has 12 coins in his pocket, and 9 of these coins are quarters. He
reaches into his pocket and pulls out a coin at random. Determine the
against the coin being a quarter.
4:5
4:1
1:5
1:4
Zahra likes to go rock climbing with her friends. In the past, Zahra has climbed to
the top of the wall 7 times in 28 attempts. Determine the probability
climbing to the top this time.
The weather forecaster says that there is an 80% probability of rain tomorrow.
Determine the odds against rain.
_____ 6.
A.
B.
C.
D.
17.23%
22.61%
27.35%
34.06%
_____ 7.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cai tosses four coins. Determine the probability that they are all tails.
6.25%
12.50%
18.75%
25.00%
_____ 8.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nine boys and twelve girls have signed up for a trip. Only six students will be
selected to go on the trip. Determine the probability that there will be equal
numbers of boys and girls on the trip.
A three-colour spinner is spun, and a die is rolled. Determine the probability that
you spin blue and roll a 4.
1.24%
5.56%
7.17%
9.82%
_____ 9.
2.
A game has three possible outcomes: A, B, and C. If P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = 0.2, what is
the probability of event C?
3.
4.
You are drawing a card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Determine the
probability of:
***Use the correct formula to determine your answer!
a.)
b.)
c.)
5.
Luke is playing a board game with 2 six sided dice. He must roll a sum of 4 (event A) or
a sum of 6 (event B).
Draw a Venn diagram to represent the two events and determine the P(A U B).
6.
Janelle has eight identical black socks and two identical white socks loose in her drawer.
She pulls out one sock at random and then another sock, without replacing the first sock.
Determine, to the nearest tenth of a percent, the probability that she pulls out a pair of
white socks.
7.
Denis has 15 coins in his pocket, and 6 of them are toonies. He reaches into his pocket
and pulls out a coin at random. Determine the probability of the coin being a toonie.
8.
A credit card company randomly generates temporary five-digit pass codes for
cardholders. Meghan is expecting her credit card to arrive in the mail. Although it is
possible to repeat digits in the pass codes, determine the probability that her pass code
will consist of five different even digits.
9.
The probability that George will study for his math exam is 0.60. If he studies for his
exam, the probability that he will get an A is 0.75. If he does not study for his exam the
probability he will get an A is 0.20. George got an A on his exam today. What is the
probability that he studied for this exam?
FORMULA SHEET!!!
Mutually Exclusive:
Independent:
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