Compound Events and Sample Space

Question 1

A jar contains three marbles; 1 yellow (y), 1 orange (o), and 1 red (r). Which list shows all the possible outcomes for choosing two marbles at random from the jar if the first marble is replaced after it is drawn?

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yy, yo, yr, oy, oo, or, ry, ro, rr

Question 2

How many of the outcomes contain at least one yellow marble?

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5

Question 3

Which of the following are compound events? Check all that apply.

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drawing an ace and then a king from a deck of cards; rolling a 1 on a number cube and then tossing a coin and landing on tails; choosing a banana, then an apple, and then an orange from a fruit basket

Question 4

If the first sock is not replaced, how many possible outcomes are there?

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12

Question 5

How many possible outcomes are there when a coin is tossed 3 times?

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8

Question 6

Question 6

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36

Question 7

How many of these outcomes contain a matching pair of socks?

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4

Question 8

How many outcomes include exactly one tail?

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3

Compound Events and Sample Space Answers

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