Basic Probability Concepts
Basic Probability Concepts serve as the fundamental building blocks of understanding uncertainty in various fields, ranging from mathematics and statistics to everyday decision-making. Probability theory provides a framework for quantifying the likelihood of events occurring, essential for making informed predictions and decisions. It encompasses concepts such as sample spaces, events, and probabilities, enabling the assessment of uncertainty and risk. Mastery of these concepts facilitates insightful analysis in fields as diverse as finance, engineering, and epidemiology. Through a clear understanding of basic probability principles, individuals can navigate complex scenarios with confidence and precision.
Questions
- You get a mosquito bite. Is this event dependent or independent of the mosquito landing on your arm?
- If I have 5 crayons (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) and I randomly choose 4, what are the chances that I do NOT choose green?
- The probability for a rolling a 3 on a die and getting tails on a coin is. Based on this probability, how many possible outcomes are there? Is it likely that one would roll a 3 and get tails
- What is the expected value of a constant variable?
- A box contains 5 red, 2 white, & 3 blue marbles. If a marble is selected at random, what is the probability that it is not red?
- A biology quiz consists of 14 multiple-choice questions. Nine must be answered correctly to receive a passing grade. If each question has 4 possible answers,what is the probability that a student who guesses at random will pass?
- What are the mean, median, and mode? What do they measure?
- A jar contains 100 marbles. There are 49 blue marbles, 7 green marbles, 27 red marbles, and 17 yellow marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting a red marble?
- What is the median of the following numbers?: 13, 15, 26, 11, 26, 16, 12,
- A box contains 5 red, 2 white, & 3 blue marbles. If a marble is selected at random, what is the probability that it is not blue?
- If the mean, median, and mode are all equal for the set {3,4,5,8,x}, what is the value of x?
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- Three people go to the market in the morning with the following probabilities: 1/2, 2/3, and 3/4. What is the likelihood that two go to the market on a given morning?
- There are 5 red pens, 3 blue pens and 2 green pens in a box. Gary takes at random a pen from the box and gives the pen to his friend. He then takes at random another pen the box. What's the probability that both pens are the same colour?
- An urn contains 5 red& 2 black balls. Two balls are randomly selected. Let X represents the number of black balls, what are the possible values of X?
- A class contains 5 boys and 6 girls. The teacher is told that 3 of the students can go on a school trip, and selects them at random. What is the probability that 3 members of the same gender are selected?
- A garden store recently sold 511 seed packets, including 146 pepper seed packets. What is the experimental probability that the next seed packet sold will be a pepper seed packet?
- How are continuous and discrete treated differently?
- Two balls are drawn from a bag containing 5 white and 7 black balls at random. What is the probability that they would be of different colours?
- If you roll a pair of dice, what is the probability of rolling either a single 5 or a sum that is an even number?