Problems 1-4
Look in the book to find a statement of each of these properties.
Problems 5-10
These problems are designed to stimulate your thinking about real world events. You are not expected to calculate these probabilities, but rather to estimate, or even guess, the most appropriate answer.
Problems 11-14
Use the property of complements as shown in Example 1.
Problems 15-16
Use the property of complements as shown in Example 1.
Problems 17-18
Use the fundamental counting principle to determine the number of possibilities and then use the property of complements as shown in Example 2.
Problems 19-20
For odds in favor use success to failure and for odds against use failure to success, as shown in Example 3.
Problems 21-22
You are given the probability and need to find the odds. See Example 5.
Problems 23-24
You are given the odds and need to find the probability. See Example 6.
Problems 25-26
You known the odds and want to find the probability. See Example 7.
Problems 27-28
List the sample space and answer the questions. Also see Example 2.
Problem 29-30
For part a, use the fundamental counting principle and the definition of probability. For part b, remember that finding the probability of any event does not “remember” the results of previous events.
Problem 31-36
These are conditional probabilities, so first find the number of possibilities by looking at the altered sample space. For Problem 31, P(face card) has s = 12 since there are four jacks, four queens, and four kings. Also, n = 52 since there are 52 cards. However, for P(face card | jack) alters the sample space to include only the four jacks. For this conditional probability, s = 4 and n = 4. See Example 8.
Problems 37-42
This is a conditional probability, so you should work with the altered sample space, as shown in Example 10.
Problems 43-44
In Problem 43, use the fundamental counting principle to find s and n.
For n, 10*26*26*26*10*10*10.
For s, use 10*26*25*24*10*10*10.
Problem 45
Find the appropriate probabilities and conditional probabilities. See Example 9.
Problems 46
These are conditional probabilities. See Example 9.
Note: Homework Hints are given only for the Level 1 and Level 2 problems.
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