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Compound Events and the Fundamental Counting Principle Answers

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There are four blue marbles, an unknown number of red (r) marbles, and six yellow marbles in a bag. Which expression represents the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble, replacing it, and then randomly selecting a red marble?

A
StartFraction 4 over 10 EndFraction (StartFraction r over 10 EndFraction)
Option A
B
StartFraction 4 over 10 r EndFraction (StartFraction 4 over 10 r EndFraction)
Option B
C
StartFraction 4 over 10 + r EndFraction (StartFraction r over 10 + r EndFraction)
Option C
D
StartFraction 4 over 10 r EndFraction (StartFraction r over 10 r EndFraction)
Option D
12

Evelyn has a bag containing red (R), blue (B), and green (G) marbles as shown below. If each marble is replaced after it is drawn, what is the probability of randomly drawing three consecutive red (R) marbles?

Question illustration
A
StartFraction 3 over 256 EndFraction
Option A
B
StartFraction 1 over 56 EndFraction
Option B
C
StartFraction 1 over 27 EndFraction
Option C
D
StartFraction 27 over 512 EndFraction
Option D
13

Cameron flips two coins and then spins the spinner below. What is the probability of having two different outcomes on the coins and spinning an odd number?

Question illustration
A
StartFraction 1 over 16 EndFraction
Option A
B
StartFraction 1 over 8 EndFraction
Option B
C
One-fourth
Option C
D
One-half
Option D
14

A six-sided number cube is labeled with the numbers 1–6, one number on each face. Each number is used exactly once. How many possible outcomes exist when the cube is rolled two times?

A
6
B
8
C
12
D
36

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