Problems: Simple Probability
- 1. The probability of selecting a student at Bovine
University who is less than 20 years old is .46. The
probability of selecting a student who is greater than 20
years old is .31. What is the probability of selecting a
student who is 20 years old?
2. A game of chance has four possible outcomes. The
probability of outcome A is .30. The probability of outcome
B is .20. The probability of outcome C is .40. What is the
probability of outcome D?
3. My kids used to play dungeons and dragons, and for
that game they needed an amazing assortment of dice. The
fewest faces a die can have is four (each side is a
triangle, one side is down and three are up). Suppose a
four-sided die is constructed so 35% of the time it will
have side 1 on the bottom, 30% of the time side 2 will be on
the bottom, and 25% of the time side 3 will be on the
bottom. What is the probability that the fourth side will
end up on the bottom?
4. A person is playing a game similar to "Who wants to Be
A Millionaire" in which a person must answer a series of
multiple-choice questions. He knows nothing, but is willing
to guess. If he guesses right on the first try, he can go on
to the second try. Each question has four possible answers,
so the probability of getting a right answer in a round is
.25. If the game lasts two rounds, there are three possible
outcomes: None right, one right and one wrong, and two
right. What are the probabilities for these three
outcomes?
5. Suppose that the probability that a car salesman will
sell two or more cars in a day is .22. What is the
probability that he will sell less than two cars in a
day?
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