Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events Answers

An amusement park reports that the probability of a visitor riding its largest roller coaster is 30 percent, the probability of a visitor riding its smallest roller coaster is 20 percent, and the probability of a visitor riding both roller coasters is 15 percent.Which equation can be used to calculate the probability of a visitor riding the largest or the smallest roller coaster?

Students in a class were surveyed about the number of children in their families. The results of the survey are shown in the table.

When a softball player gets a hit, it can be a single, double, triple, or home run. When Josephine is at bat, the probability that she hits a single is 15 percent and the probability that she hits a double is 5 percent.What is the probability that Josephine hits a single or a double when she is at bat?

The Hawaiian language has 12 letters: five vowels and seven consonants. Each of the 12 Hawaiian letters are written on a slip of paper and placed in the bag. A letter is randomly chosen from the bag and then replaced. Then, a second letter is randomly chosen from the bag.What is the probability that two vowels are chosen?

Which events are independent? Select three options.Roll a number cube, and then roll the same number cube again.Flip a coin, and then flip the coin a second time. Remove a card from a deck, and then remove a second card.Draw a card from a deck, replace it, and then draw a second card.Take a marble out of a bag, and then take a second marble out of the bag.

In a standard deck of cards there are four suits: spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds. Each suit has one each of 13 cards: ace, king, queen, jack, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.If event A is choosing a king, event B is choosing a heart, and event C is choosing a jack, which Venn diagram could represent this description?

Which scenario depicts two independent events?