4. Probability
Multiplication Rule: Dependent Events
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Practice this topic
- Multiple Choice
What is the probability that a card player draws two aces from a standard deck of 52 cards if they keep the first card after drawing it?
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A library has chosen to select the two monthly book club reads by randomly choosing two books from a list of top 100 adult reads posted in the local newspaper. On the list, 62 books are fiction and 38 books are nonfiction. What is the probability of choosing two nonfiction books for this month's book club meeting?
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About 15% of people in a town have both a cat and a dog. As 64% of residents have a dog, what is the probability that someone in the town owns a cat, given they have a dog?
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"Using the Multiplication Rule In Exercises 19-32, use the Multiplication Rule.
23. Celebrities as Role Models In a sample of 1103 probable voters, three out of four say they would like entertainers to address social and political issues. Two probable voters are selected at random. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
b. Find the probability that neither probable voter would like entertainers to address social and political issues."
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"Using the Multiplication Rule In Exercises 19-32, use the Multiplication Rule.
23. Celebrities as Role Models In a sample of 1103 probable voters, three out of four say they would like entertainers to address social and political issues. Two probable voters are selected at random. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
c. Find the probability that at least one of the two probable voters would like entertainers to address social and political issues."
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"Using the Multiplication Rule In Exercises 19-32, use the Multiplication Rule.
24. Knowing a Person Who Was Murdered In a sample of 11,771 children ages 2 to 17, 8% have lost a friend or relative to murder. Four children are selected at random. (Adapted from University of New Hampshire)
b. Find the probability that none of the four has lost a friend or relative to murder."
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"Using the Multiplication Rule In Exercises 19-32, use the Multiplication Rule.
24. Knowing a Person Who Was Murdered In a sample of 11,771 children ages 2 to 17, 8% have lost a friend or relative to murder. Four children are selected at random. (Adapted from University of New Hampshire)
c. Find the probability that at least one of the four has lost a friend or relative to murder."
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