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15 Probability ®@ Equally likely outcomes * lage Alicia has ten cards numbered 1 to 10. ‘She takes cards one at a time, at random. © The first card is even. Find the probability that the second card is even. © The first two cards are even. Find the probability that the third card is even. © The first four cards are odd. Find the probability that the fifth card is odd. @ O Anmed has two different pairs of socks in a drawer. He takes out one sock at random. Then he takes a second sock, Find the probability that he has taken a pair of socks. areca © Ahmed has three different pairs of socks in a drawer. What is the answer to part a) in this case? @ Ahmed has ten different pairs of socks in a drawer. What is the answer to part a) in this case? © ‘computer generates at random four digits that are either 0 or 1. An example is 0110. © Find the probability that the first digit is 0. © Find the probability that the first two digits are 0. .. © Find the probability that all four digits are 0. @ dovier has some cards with numbers on. He takes a card at random. The probability that the card is a multiple of 3 iss. The probability the card is a multiple of 5 iss. What is the smallest possible number of cards Xavier has? Unit 15 @ Listing all possible outcomes © onamenu there are two drinks and three sandwiches. Drink Sandwich Juice Cheese Coffee Tuna Egg © Listall the possible choices of a drink and a sandwich. © The most likely choice of a drink and a sandwich is coffee and cheese. This has a probability of - All the other choices are equally likely, Work out the probability that someone chooses juice and egg. @ There are three types of dessert on the menu. Drink | Sandwich Dessert Juice Cheese Fruit Coffee Tuna Yogurt Egg Cake How many different ways are there of choosing a drink, a sandwich and a dessert? © A red dice and a blue dice are thrown at the same time. ° Find the probability of the following. Throwing a total of 6, Throwing a product of 6. The number on the red dice being greater than the number on the blue dice. Both dice showing a prime number. Jake and Mia are in a room with three other students. The teacher chooses two students at random. Find the probability that the teacher chooses: both Jake and Mia. ‘one of Jake and Mia but not both. Ween Mixed questions © tragame a tight can be red, blue, green or yellow. The probability itis red is 0.15. The probability it is red or blue is 0.25. The probability itis red or blue or yellow is 0.65. Fill in this table of probabilities. Colour Red Blue Green Yellow ° Probability 04S 0.10 © Aspinner hos 24 equal sectors, coloured red, white or blue. The probability thatthe spinner shows whites The probability that the spinner shows blue is i How many sectors are red? © there are red, blue and black pens in a box. Astudent takes a pen at random. The probability that the pen is not red is. The probability that the pen is not blue is 2. Find the probability that the pen is not black. ie @ so students each spin a coin until it ands on a head. Each student records the number of throws it took. The results are shown in the table below. Throws 1 2 i) 4 5 6 T Frequency | 22 15 5 5 2 0 Use the data to find the experimental probabilities of these outcomes: © Exactly three throws to get a head. © Getting a head in less than four throws. © Needing more than two throws to get a head. © There are sixgiris and four boys in a room. Each boy is the brother of one of the girls. The teacher chooses a girl at random and a boy at random. Find the probability that the teacher chooses a brother and sister.

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