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Practice with Events:
Mutually Exclusive, Independent, Dependent
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Directions: Read carefully. Choose the best answers.

1.
A pair of dice is rolled.  Two possible events are rolling a number greater than 8 and rolling an even number.  Are these two events mutually exclusive events?

Choose:
 
Yes
No
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2.
A pair of dice is rolled.  Two possible events are rolling a number less than 5 and rolling a number which is a multiple of 5.  Are these two events mutually exclusive? 

Choose:
 
Yes
No
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3.
A pair of dice is rolled.  A possible event is rolling a multiple of 5.  What is the probability of the complement of this event?

Choose:
 
2/36
12/36
29/36
32/36
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4.
A pair of dice is rolled.  Two possible events are rolling a number which is a multiple of 3 and rolling a number which is a multiple of 5.  Are these two events mutually exclusive?

Choose:
 
Yes
No
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5.
A pair of dice is rolled and the resulting number is odd.  Which of the following events is the complement of this event?
 

1.  A number greater than 8 is rolled.
2.  An even number is rolled.
3.  A number less than 5 is rolled.
4.  A multiple of 5 is rolled.

Choose:
 
1
2
3
4
 
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6.
A paper bag contains 15 slips of paper.  Eight of them are blue and are numbered from 1 to 8.  Seven of them are red and are numbered from 1 to 7. 
a)
What is the probability of drawing a slip of paper with an even number?
 
Choose:
8/15
7/15
6/15
5/15
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b)
A slip is drawn from the bag and then replaced.  A second slip is drawn.  Are these two events independent?
 
Choose:
 
Yes
No
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c)
A possible event is that a blue slip is chosen.  What is the probability of the complement of this event?
 
Choose:
 
8/15
7/15
1/3
1/2
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d)
You wish to draw a blue slip on the first draw and a red slip on the second draw.  The first slip is NOT replaced after being drawn.  Are these events independent? 
 
Choose:
 
Yes
No

 

 

7.
Juan spins the spinner shown below.  He notes the area on which the arrow stops, and then spins it a second time.  Find the probability that the outcome of the two spins is:
a)  red both times
b)  white first, blue second
c)  white first, red second
d)  not blue both times

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8.
A sack contains marbles of three different colors:  8 black, 6 white, and 4 red.  Three marbles are selected at random, without replacement.  Find the probability that the selection contains each of the outcomes listed below.  Express the answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.
a)  three black marbles
b)  three white marbles
c)  one white marble followed by two
black marbles
d)  a red, a black and a white marble,
in that order
e)  a red marble and two white marbles,
in any order
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9.
Given events A and B, such that P(A) = 0.6,
P(B) = 0.5, and P(AB) = 0.8. Determine whether A and B are independent or dependent.

Choose:
 
independent
dependent
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10.
Students were surveyed as to which hand was used predominantly for writing. The choices were left-hand, right-hand, or ambidextrous (both hands used equally).
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Hand Used for Writing
Gender
Left
Right
Both
Male
15
70
9
Female
10
90
6
For the students surveyed, does this data suggest that gender and preferred writing hand are independent of each other?
Choose:
 
Yes
No

 

 

11.
Stephie plans to jog tomorrow. She chooses the lake path 50% of the time. There is a 30% chance of rain during her jog tomorrow. If the probability that it rains given that Stephie jogs the lake path is 30%, it can be concluded that these two events are:

Choose:
 
independent
mutually exclusive
  dependent complements
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12.
A survey asked 150 high school seniors to choose their favorite activity from the choices of snowmobiling, water skiing, and snow skiing.
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Favorite Activity
Gender
snowmobiling
water skiing
snow skiing
Total
Male
50
45
60
155
Female
30
50
90
170
Total
80
95
150
325
Are the events "student is a male" and "student prefers snowmobiling" independent of each other?
Choose:
 
Yes
No


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