A hat contains slips of paper with the names of the 26 other students in Eduardo’s class on them, 10 of whom are boys. To determine his partners for the group project, Eduardo has to pull two names out of the hat without replacing them.




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?




Nadia’s bookshelf contains 10 fiction books, two reference books, and five nonfiction books.What is the probability that she randomly picks up a reference book and then, without replacing it, picks up a nonfiction book?




If events A and B are independent, and the probability that event A occurs is 83%, what must be true?
Use the Venn diagram to calculate probabilities.




Twenty-five bakery customers were surveyed to determine if they like cake or pie. The results are shown in the Venn diagram.




If events A and B are independent, what must be true?
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