Probability and Statistics

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What is the median of a set of numbers?

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The median is the middle value in a list of numbers sorted in ascending order. If there is an even number of observations, the median is the average of the two middle numbers.

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How do you find the median of the following numbers: 99, 32, 61, 82, 58, 41, 73, 24, 18?

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First, sort the numbers: 18, 24, 32, 41, 58, 61, 73, 82, 99. The median is 58.

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What is probability?

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Probability is a measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 (impossible) and 1 (certain).

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What is the probability of drawing a black marble from a bag containing 3 red and 2 blue marbles?

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The probability is 0/5, since there are no black marbles in the bag.

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How do you calculate the probability of an event?

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Probability is calculated as the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.

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In a bag with 30 pieces of candy (15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry), what is the probability of drawing a lemon?

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The probability is 1/10, calculated as 3 (lemons) divided by 30 (total candies).

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

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What is theoretical probability?

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Theoretical probability is the probability of an event calculated based on the possible outcomes in a perfect scenario.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

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If a bag contains 6 blue, 4 red, and 5 green marbles, what is the theoretical probability of not choosing a blue marble?

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What is the mean of a data set?

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The mean is the average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

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If the mean of a distribution is 54, how do you find a missing frequency x?

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You can set up an equation based on the mean formula and solve for x.

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