Independent Probability

There are 14 tiles with one letter from the word MATHEMATICIANS on each. Find the probability of randomly choosing the letter "M".

• 1/2

• 1/7

• 1/14

• 2/7

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A bag contains 8 blue marbles, 7 green marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. Without looking you reach into the bag and draw one marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue? P(blue)

• 3/5

• 7/20

• 1/4

• 2/5

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A bag contains 8 blue marbles, 7 green marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. Suppose you drew one marble from the bag above, replaced it and then drew a second marble. What is the probability of picking a yellow marble, and then blue? P(yellow, blue)

• 9/20

• 3/20

• 1/10

• 13/20

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Suppose a number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability that an odd number will show both times?

• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/6
• 1/4

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What is the probability of tossing a coin four times and getting tails each time?

• 1/16
• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/4

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A number cube is rolled and a coin is tossed. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4 and tossing tails?

• 1/6
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/4

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A marble bag contains 3 red marbles, 4 gray marbles, 6 white marbles, and 5 black marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble and then a gray marble if the first marble is replaced?

• 1/9
• 1/27
• 1/6
• 2/9

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There are 4 white marbles, 6 red marbles, and 2 blue marbles. Once a marble is selected, it is not replaced. Find the probability of selecting 2 blue marbles.

• 1/2
• 1/36
• 1/6
• 1/66

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Given a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of randomly drawing a 2 and then a 3 if the first card is not replaced?

• 1/13
• 4/663
• 1/676
• 1/169

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The spinner is divided equally. Find P(A).

*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8

• 3/4

• 2/8

• 1/4

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