Practice Classical Definition Of Probability (5.3.3)

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Question 1.
What is the probability of flipping a head on a fair coin?
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Consider how many outcomes there are in total and the favorable ones.
Question 2.
In a bag of 10 marbles (7 blue, 3 green), what is the probability of drawing a green marble?
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Count the total marbles and the green ones.
3Question 3.
What is the probability of rolling a 2 on a fair die?
- 1/6
- 1/3
- 2/3
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Remember the favorable outcomes for rolling a 2.
4Question 4.
True or False: The probability of an event can never be more than 1.
- True
- False
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Consider what probability represents.
Question 5.
In a lottery where 1,000 tickets are sold and 10 winning tickets are drawn, what is the probability that you will have a winning ticket?
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Consider the total number of tickets and the number of winners.
Question 6.
A box contains 4 red, 5 blue, and 6 green balls. If you randomly pick two balls without replacement, what is the probability that both are green?
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Calculate the probabilities step by step for each draw.

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