Practice Independent Events (8) - Probability - IB 10 Mathematics

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Question 1.
If you flip a coin and roll a die, are these events independent?
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Consider if the outcome of one event influences the other.
Question 2.
What is the probability of rolling a 3 on a die while simultaneously flipping a coin?
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Think about the individual probabilities.
3Question 3.
What is the outcome of flipping a coin and rolling a die considered?
- Dependent events
- Independent events
- Mutually exclusive events
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Consider if knowing the result of one event changes the other.
4Question 4.
True or false: Independent events cannot have any overlap.
- True
- False
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Think about events that can occur at the same time.
Question 5.
You toss two coins and roll a die. What is the probability of getting two tails on the coins and a 4 on the die?
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Calculate each probability separately then multiply.
Question 6.
If the probability of A is 0.3, and the probability of B is 0.4, what is the probability that both A and B occur if they are independent?
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Use the multiplication rule for independent events.

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