Conditional Probability — Unit test Answers

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S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
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If A is a subset of S, A could be {0, 1, 2}.
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If A is a subset of S, A could be {5, 6}.
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If a subset A represents the complement of rolling a 5, then A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6}.
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If a subset A represents the complement of rolling an even number, then A = {1, 3}.
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A farmer grows vegetables on seven acres, fruit on six acres, and flowers on two acres. Out in his fields, he finds a ladybug.To the nearest tenth of a percent, what is the theoretical probability that the ladybug was not found within the acres of flowers?

13.3%
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15.4%
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84.6%
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86.7%
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Ryder shot a model rocket over an area that consists of two grassy areas, shown in green, and an area with no grass, shown in white.

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0.2
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0.3
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0.4
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0.6
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Ariana, Boris, Cecile, and Diego are students in the service club. Three of the four students will be chosen to attend a conference.Which choice represents the sample space, S, for this event?

S = {ABC, ABD, ACD, BCD}
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S = {ABC, BCA, CDA, DAC}
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S = {ABC, ABD, BAC, BDA, ACD, ADC, BCD, BDC}
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S = {ABC, ABD, ACD, BCA, BCD, BDC, CAB, CBD, DAC, DBC}
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A prize bag contains four country music CDs, eight pop music CDs, and five classic rock CDs.What is the probability of pulling out a classic rock CD and then, without replacing it, pulling out a country music CD? Express your answer in decimal form, rounded to the nearest hundredth.

A
0.03
B
0.07
C
0.15
D
0.18
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Juanita has a storage closet at her shop with extra bottles of lotion and shower gel. Some are scented and some are unscented. If she reaches into the closet and grabs a bottle without looking, she has a 42% chance of grabbing a bottle of shower gel.For the events "shower gel” and "scented” to be independent, what must be shown to be true?

A
P(lotion) = 42%
B
P(scented) = 42%
C
P(shower gel | scented) = 42%
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P(scented | shower gel) = 42%
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A survey asked about the number of people who eat breakfast almost every day (B) and the number of people who buy cereal at least once a month (C). The results of the survey are shown in the Venn diagram.

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StartFraction 11 Over 64 EndFraction
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B
StartFraction 11 Over 53 EndFraction
Option B
C
StartFraction 53 Over 64 EndFraction
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StartFraction 53 Over 57 EndFraction
Option D
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The spinner is equally likely to land on any of the five sections.

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One-fifth
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B
Two-fifths
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C
Three-fifths
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D
Four-fifths
Option D
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The weather report states that the probability it will rain on Wednesday is 30 percent and the probability that it will rain on Saturday is 60 percent.What is the probability that it will rain on Wednesday and on Saturday?

A
2 percent
B
18 percent
C
60 percent
D
90 percent
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The manager of a grocery store reports that there is a 12 percent chance that a customer buys apples during a shopping trip, a 5 percent chance that a customer buy apples and carrots, and a 17 percent chance that a customer buys apples or carrots.What is the probability of a customer buying carrots?

A
1.4 percent
B
5.0 percent
C
10.0 percent
D
11.4 percent
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Nico owns 11 instructional piano books. Two are beginner books, six are intermediate books, and three are advanced books.If two books are randomly chosen from the collection, one at a time, and replaced after each pick, what is the probability that he first chooses an advanced book and then chooses a beginner book?

A
StartFraction 5 Over 121 EndFraction
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StartFraction 6 Over 121 EndFraction
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C
Five-elevenths
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D
Six-elevenths
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Which statements are true? Select three options.

A
P(F|C) = 0.75
B
P(C|F) = 0.25
C
P(C∩F) = 0.09
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P(C∩F) = P(F∩C)
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P(C|F) = P(F|C)

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