Name__________________________ Period_______ Score______/20 Probability Assignment 1. Find the probability of winning the lottery if a.

You must correctly select 6 out of 51 numbers. The order of the numbers is not important.

b. You must correctly select 3 numbers, each from 0 to 9. The order is important.

2. On a multiple choice question, you know that the answer is not B or D, but you are not sure about answers A, C, or E. What is the probability you will get the answer right if you guess?

3. An employee of a large national company is promoted to management and will be moved within 6 months. The employee is told that there is a 33% probability of being moved to Denver, Colorado, and a 50% probability of being moved to Dallas, Texas. What is the probability of being moved to Dallas or Denver?

4. Of 162 students honored at an academic awards banquet, 48 won awards for mathematics and 78 won awards for English. Fourteen of these students won awards for both math and English. One of the 162 students is chosen at random to be interviewed for a newspaper article. What is the probability that the student interviewed won an award for math or English?

5. A tree in a forest is not growing properly. A botanist determines that there is an 85% probability the tree has a disease or is being damaged by insects, a 45% probability it has a disease, and a 50% probability it is being damaged by insects. What is the probability that the tree both has a disease and is being damaged by insects?

6. The owner of a one-man lawn mowing business owns three old and unreliable riding mowers. As long as one of the three is working he can stay productive. From past experience, one of the mowers is unusable 12% of the time, one 6% of the time, and one 20% of the time. What is the probability that all three mowers are unusable on a given day?

7. Chris Mullin of the Indiana Pacers led the NBA in free-throw percentage during the 1997-1998 season. He made 93.9% of his free-throw attempts. If he attempted 10 free throws in a game, what is the probability that he missed at least one?

8. You and four of your friends go to the same store at different times to buy costumes for a costume party. There are 20 different costumes at the store, and the store has at least five duplicates of each costume. Find the probability that all five of you choose different costumes.

9. On a long flight an airline usually serves a meal. If there are 2 choices for the meal, what is the probability that all 6 people in the first row choose the same meal assuming choices are made independently?

10. Find the probability of drawing the given cards from a standard 52-card deck (1) with replacement and (2) without replacement. a. a heart, then a diamond

b. a 2, then a face card (king, queen or jack)

c. an ace, then a 2, then a 3

d. a jack, then a king

e. a face card, then a 2

f. a heart, then a diamond, then another heart