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Example Question #61 : Data Analysis And Probability
A bag has red marbles, green marbles, and blue marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble on the first draw?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
For this question, we want a red marble. Since there are red marbles, we have wanted outcomes. Since there is a total of marbles, we have a total of possible outcomes.
The probability then becomes the following:
Example Question #61 : How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome
A bag has red marbles, green marbles, and blue marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a blue marble on the first draw?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
For this question, we want a blue marble. Since there are blue marbles, we have wanted outcomes. Since there is a total of marbles, we have a total of possible outcomes.
The probability then becomes the following:
Example Question #61 : Probability
A bag has red marbles, green marbles, and blue marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a green marble on the first draw?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
For this question, we want a green marble. Since there are green marbles, we have wanted outcomes. Since there is a total of marbles, we have a total of possible outcomes.
The probability then becomes the following:
Example Question #64 : Data Analysis And Probability
A bag has red marbles, green marbles, and blue marbles. What is the probability of NOT drawing a blue marble on the first draw?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
For this question, we do not want a blue marble. This means that we are trying to find the proability of drawing either a red or a green marble. Since we have red marbles and green marbles, we have wanted outcomes. Since there is a total of marbles, we have a total of possible outcomes.
The probability then becomes the following:
Example Question #65 : Data Analysis And Probability
A bag has red marbles, green marbles, and blue marbles. What is the probability of NOT drawing a green marble on the first draw?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
For this question, we do not want a green marble. This means that we are trying to find the proability of drawing either a blue or a green marble. Since we have blue marbles and red marbles, we have wanted outcomes. Since there is a total of marbles, we have a total of possible outcomes.
The probability then becomes the following:
Example Question #61 : Probability
If you randomly choose a number between and , inclusive, what is the proability the chosen number is even?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
First, write down the possible wanted outcomes:
Now, because there are even numbers, we have wanted outcomes.
Since we are choosing numbers between and , inclusive, we have a total outcomes.
The probability then can be written as the following:
Example Question #62 : Probability
If you randomly choose a number between , inclusive, what is the probability that the number is divisible by ?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
First, write down the possible wanted outcomes:
Now, because there are numbers divisible by four, we have wanted outcomes.
Since we are choosing numbers between and , inclusive, we have a total outcomes.
The probability then can be written as the following:
Example Question #63 : Probability
If you randomly choose a number between , inclusive, what is the probability that the number is less than , but greater than ?
Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.
Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:
First, write down the possible wanted outcomes:
Now, because there are numbers that fit the criteria, we have wanted outcomes.
Since we are choosing numbers between and , inclusive, we have a total outcomes.
The probability then can be written as the following:
Example Question #61 : Outcomes
If the probability of winning your next baseball game is , what is the probability that you do not win?
The probability of an event not happening is one minus the probability it does happen.
Since the probability of winning the game is , then the probability of not winning would be,
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Example Question #61 : Data Analysis And Probability
If you have gold fish and beta fish, what is the probability you pick a beta fish if you randomly select one from you tank?
To the probability of selecting a particular fish is the number of that fish divided by the total possible fish to choose from.
The total is gold fish plus beta fish or .
So the probability of selecting a beta fish is
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