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Hiro has a stack of cards with one number from the set 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 written on each card.What is the probability that he pulls out a 3 first and then pulls out a 2 without replacing them?

A
StartFraction 1 Over 64 EndFraction
Option A
B
StartFraction 1 Over 56 EndFraction
Option B
C
StartFraction 3 Over 32 EndFraction
Option C
D
StartFraction 3 Over 28 EndFraction
Option D
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If events A and B are independent, what must be true?

A
P(A|B) = P(B)
B
P(A|B) = P(A)
C
P(A) = P(B)
D
P(A|B) = P(B|A)
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If events A and B are independent, and the probability that event A occurs is 83%, what must be true?

A
The probability that event B occurs is 17%.
B
The probability that event B occurs is 83%.
C
The probability that event A occurs, given that event B occurs, is 83%.
D
The probability that event B occurs, given that event A occurs, is 83%.
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In the drawing, six out of every 10 tickets are winning tickets. Of the winning tickets, one out of every three awards is a larger prize.What is the probability that a ticket that is randomly chosen will award a larger prize?

A
Two-fifteenths
Option A
B
One-fifth
Option B
C
Five-ninths
Option C
D
Five-sixths
Option D
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Lori downloaded all the pictures she took at Rita’s wedding into a single computer folder. She took 86 of the 134 pictures with her camera and the remainder of them with her cell phone. Of the pictures Lori took with her cell phone, one out of every five was blurry.

A
7%
B
13%
C
31%
D
56%
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Hiro has a stack of cards with one number from the set 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 written on each card.What is the probability that he pulls out a 3 first and then pulls out a 2 without replacing them?

A
StartFraction 1 Over 64 EndFraction
Option A
B
StartFraction 1 Over 56 EndFraction
Option B
C
StartFraction 3 Over 32 EndFraction
Option C
D
StartFraction 3 Over 28 EndFraction
Option D
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A bag contains one red pen, four black pens, and three blue pens. Two pens are randomly chosen from the bag and are not replaced.To the nearest hundredth, what is the probability that a black pen is chosen first and then another black pen is chosen?

A
0.02
B
0.19
C
0.21
D
0.25
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If events A and B are independent, what must be true?

A
P(A|B) = P(B)
B
P(A|B) = P(A)
C
P(A) = P(B)
D
P(A|B) = P(B|A)
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Twenty-two percent of the large pieces of mail that Rachel received this week were magazines and the rest were catalogs. Of the catalogs, 36 percent were for clothing.To the nearest whole percent, what is the probability that a randomly chosen large piece of Rachel’s mail was a clothing catalog?

A
8%
B
28%
C
46%
D
61%
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Twenty-five bakery customers were surveyed to determine if they like cake or pie. The results are shown in the Venn diagram.

Question illustration
A
Two-sevenths
Option A
B
Two-fifths
Option B
C
Four-sevenths
Option C
D
Four-fifths
Option D
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Use the Venn diagram to calculate probabilities.

Question illustration
A
P(A) =
Option A
B
P(B) =
Option B
C
P(A|B) =
Option C
D
P(B|A) =
Option D
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Seventy-five percent of the flowers in the arrangement are roses and the rest are tulips. Of the tulips, 50 percent are pink.To the nearest whole percent, what is the probability that a randomly chosen flower from the arrangement is a pink tulip?

A
13%
B
38%
C
50%
D
67%
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A survey of the 12th grade students at Gaffigan High School found that 84% of the seniors have their driver’s licenses, 16% of seniors take the bus every day to school, and 14% of the seniors have driver’s licenses and take the bus to school every day.

A
17%
B
19%
C
36%
D
70%

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