5.4 A die is thrown (1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6) and a coin is tossed (H‚ T). (a) Enumerate the elementary events in the sample space for the die/coin combination. (b) Are the elementary events equally likely? Explain. A) Elementary events are - DIE COIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 HEADS H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 TAILS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 B) YES‚ EACH EVENT IS EQUALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR. THERE ARE 12 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF ROLLING OE DIE AND FLIPPING ONE COIN‚ THEREFORE THE LIKELYHOOD OF ANY ONE EVENT OCCURING
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Nugget‚ Lyle and Dibs. The three of the characters have had significant problems throughout the play from being discriminated against when it suits others‚ to having no control of your own future and it be decided right in front of you from the flip of a coin. Things were considered unfair for the other family members when it came down to the rightful owner of the family farm‚ Allandale. Nugget sees the whole debate of who deserves the farm very unfair because all of the other members of the family
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However if you roll a one‚ then all the points you won that turn are lost. Content Probability is any fraction or percent going from 0 to 1. There are two types of probability; theoretical probability is the probability of what should happen. The theoretical probability of getting heads when flipping a coin is ½. The other kind of probability is observed probability. This is when you take the probability
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the difference between probability distributions and frequency distributions? Provide an example that demonstrates the difference between the two. A probability distribution directly corresponds to a frequency distribution‚ except that it is based on theory (probability theory)‚ rather than on what is observed in the real world (empirical data). A frequency distribution is based on actual observations. An example would be observing a coin be flipped twenty times. A probability distribution is theoretical
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eat the feces and waste left by the zebras. Materials and Procedure Materials: Coin Paper Data Chart Writing Utensil Procedure: First‚ using the competition data table‚ a coin is flipped. If it is heads‚ the lions receive a kill while if it is tails‚ the hyenas obtain a kill. The coin is flipped twenty eight more times and the score for each side is tallied up. Using the mutualism data table‚ the coin is flipped twice. If both are heads‚ the lions earn the kill. If
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Angeline Foote 00215-‐0022 Mathematics SL Inter’l School of Tanganyika 2014 The Birthday Paradox: An Exploration of Probability Angeline Foote Candidate number: 00215-‐0022 Mathematics Standard Level Teacher: Mr. Michael Smith International School of Tanganyika 2014
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Introduction For entertainment many people play different games. Some time they make money out of it. These types of games are called as gambling. Most of the games are based on the concepts of probability. In every game some people are better than others. By playing the game frequently these people came to know probabilities of the outcome of the game and hence they start guessing better than others. In fact‚ they understand the hidden mathematics of the game and use it to grab the chances. Here‚ we present
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the ‘B’ analogous event for a Master Card. Suppose that P(A)=0.5; P(B)=0.4; P(AB)=0.25 a. Compute the probability that the selected individual has at least one credit card. b. What is the probability that the selected individual has neither type of card? c. Describe in terms of A and B‚ the event that the selected student has a Visa Card but not a Master Card and then calculate the probability of this event. Solution: a.
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Their will be one or two referees for each game‚ and a coin flip will determine who gets the ball first in the game. The game lasts ten minutes or until a team reaches twenty-one points. The clock will be stopped on free-throws and dead balls. A shot inside the arc is worth one point‚ while a shot outside the
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Practice Quiz I 1. The following bar chart describes the results of a survey concerning the relevance of study to present job by school. Focus on the School of Business and Management. What are the mode and the median respectively? (a) Relevant‚ Neutral (b) Relevant‚ Relevant (c) Neutral‚ Relevant (d) Neutral‚ Neutral 2. Some graphical descriptions of final examination scores for students of a Statistics course are given below. Please indicate which one is false. (a) (b) (c)
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