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What do you call the measure or estimation of how likely it is that an event can occur?
Event
Probability
Outcome
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What is the formula used in finding the probability of an event E?
P(E) = total no. of possible outcomesno. of outcomes favorble to E
P(E) = total numberof favorable outcomesno. of outcomes favorable to E
P(E) = total no. of outcomesno. of outcomes
P(E) = no. of eventsno. of outcomes favorable to E
In throwing a fair die, what is the probability of getting an odd number?
1/6
1/3
4/6
1/2
A card is drawn in random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is a queen.
1/13
2/13
7/52
9/52
There are 2 red balls, 3 yellow balls and 4 green balls in a bag. If a ball is drawn in random, what is the probability that the ball drawn is red?
2/9
1/3
2/3
0
Earl is asked to choose a day of a week. What is the probability of choosing a day which starts with S?
1/7
2/7
3/7
1
If a letter is chosen at random from the word PERSEVERANCE, what is the probability that the letter chosen is E?
1/5
1/4
1/3
1/2
If one letter is chosen at random from the word TRUSTWORTHY, what is the probability that the letter chosen is a consonant?
2/9
7/9
8/11
9/11
A glass jar contains 40 marbles with colors red, green, blue, and yellow. The probability of getting a green marble is 1/5. What does it mean?
There are 5 green marbles in the jar.
There are 8 green marbles in the jar.
There are more green marbles that the other.
There is only one green marble in the glass jar.
You tossed a five-peso coin five times and you got heads each time. You tossed again and still a head turned up. Do you think the coin is biased? Why?
I think the coin is biased because it favored the heads.
I think the coins is biased because it is expected to turn up tail for the next experiments.
I think the coin is not biased because both faces of the coin have equal chances of turning up.
I think the coin is not biased because the probability of turning heads is 3/4 while that of tails is only 1/4.
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