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Question 1145793: Lynn Damme's group of preschool children includes eight girls and five boys. If Lynn randomly selects one child to be first in line, with E being the event that the one selected is a girl, give each of the following
a) the total number of possible outcomes
b) the number of favorable outcomes
c) the number unfavorable outcomes
d) the probability of event E
e) the odds in favor of event E
Two fair coins are tossed (say a dime and a quarter). Give each of the following
a) the sample space
b) the probability of heads on the dime
c) the probability of heads on a quarter
d) the probability of both getting heads
e) the probability of getting the same outcome on both coins
Five people (Alan, Bill, Cathy, David, and Evelyn) form a club N= (A,B,C,D,E). If they choose a president randomly, find the odds against each result.
a)Cathy
b)a woman
c)a person whose name begins with a constant
Three fair coins are tossed
a) write out a sample space
determine the probability of each event
b)no heads
c)exactly one head
d)exactly two heads
e)three heads
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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