Probability of Compound Events

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What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads?

Back

1/2

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What is the probability of rolling a die and getting a 3?

Back

1/6

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What is a compound event in probability?

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An event that involves two or more simple events occurring together.

Front

If you flip a coin twice, what is the total number of possible outcomes?

Back

4 (HH, HT, TH, TT)

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What is the probability of getting tails when flipping a coin?

Back

1/2

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What is the probability of drawing a blue marble from a bag with 3 red, 2 blue, and 1 green marble?

Back

2/6 or 1/3

Front

What is the probability of flipping a coin and rolling a die?

Back

1/12 (1/2 for coin and 1/6 for die, multiply them)

Front

What is the probability of getting heads on a coin and yellow on a spinner with 6 colors?

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1/12 (1/2 for heads and 1/6 for yellow, multiply them)

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What is the formula for finding the probability of two independent events occurring?

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P(A and B) = P(A) * P(B)

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If you flip a coin three times, what is the probability of getting all tails?

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1/8 (1/2^3)