Chapter 4

1. What is the probability of rolling a pair of dice and obtaining a total score of 10 or more?

2. A box contains three black pieces of cloth, two striped pieces, and four dotted pieces.

A piece is selected randomly and then placed back in the box. A second piece is selected randomly. What is the probability that:

(a) both pieces are dotted?

(b) the first piece is black and

the second piece is dotted?

(c) one piece is black and one piece

is striped?

3. A card is drawn at random from a deck. What is the probability that it is an ace or a king?

 

4. A card is drawn at random from a deck. What is the probability it is either a red card, an ace, or both?

 

5. Two cards are drawn from a deck (without replacement). What is the probability they are both diamonds?

 

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