Probability - math word problems
Probability is the measure of the likeliness that an event will occur. The probability (chance) is a value from the interval <0;1> or in percentage (0% to 100%) expressing the occurrence of some event. 0 is impossible event and 1 (100%) means the certainty event.- Fall sum or same
Find the probability that if you roll two dice, it will fall the sum of 10, or the same number will fall on both dice. - Birth
Let's assume that the probability of the birth of a boy and a girl in the family is the same. What is the probability that in a family with five children, the youngest and oldest child is a boy? - The university
At a certain university, 25% of students are in the business faculty. Of the students in the business faculty, 66% are males. However, only 52% of all students at the university are male. a. What is the probability that a student selected at random in t - Sick days
In Canada, there are typically 261 working days per year. If there is a 4.9% chance that an employee takes a sick day. .. what is the probability an employee will use 17 OR MORE sick days in a year? - Pairs of socks
Ferdinand has twelve pairs of socks, one sock is leaky. What is the probability of putting on a leaky sock? - Auto-tuning
During auto-tuning, the TV searched for 25 channels, four of which were music. The channels are stored in the TV's memory in random order. Express the percentage of the event that the music channel will be saved first. - Balls
From the bag with numbered balls (numbers 1,2,3,. ..20) we pick one ball. What is the probability of choosing a number containing 1? - Records
Records indicate 90% error-free. If 8 records are randomly selected, what is the probability that at least 2 records have no errors? - Genetic disease
One genetic disease was tested positive in both parents of one family. It has been known that any child in this family has a 25% risk of inheriting the disease. A family has 3 children. What is the probability of this family having one child who inherited - Dice and coin
A number cube is rolled and a coin is tossed. The number cube and the coin are fair. What is the probability that the number rolled is greater than 2 and the coin toss is head? - Probability of malaria
A survey carried out at a certain hospital indicates that the probability that a patient tested positive for malaria is 0.6. What is the probability that two patients selected at random (i) one is negative while the other tested positive? (i) both patie - Today in school
There are 9 girls and 11 boys in the class today. What is the probability that Suzan will go to the board today? - One three
We throw two dice. What is the probability that max one three falls? - Lathe
95% of the components manufactured on the lathe comply with the standard, of which 80% of the components are first-class. How likely can we expect a manufactured part to be first class? - Probability of intersection
Three students have a probability of 0.7,0.5 and 0.4 to graduated from university respectively. What is the probability that at least one of them will be graduated? - A jackpot
How many times must I play this jackpot to win? A jackpot of seven games having (1 X 2), i. E. , home win or away win. - STRESSED word
Each letter in STRESSED is printed on identical cards, one letter per card and assembled in random order. Calculate the probability that the cards spell DESSERTS when assembled. - Classroom
Of the 26 pupils in the classroom, 12 boys and 14 girls, four representatives are picked to the odds of being: a) all the girls b) three girls and one boy c) there will be at least two boys - A pizza
A pizza place offers 14 different toppings. How many different three topping pizzas can you order? - Family
94 boys are born per 100 girls. Determine the probability that there are two boys in a randomly selected family with three children.
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