Questions from Statistics


Q: Finding that the next person you meet has the same birthday as

Finding that the next person you meet has the same birthday as yours (ignoring leap years).

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Q: Finding that when tossing a coin, it turns up heads,

Finding that when tossing a coin, it turns up heads, given that it has turned up heads in the previous five tosses.

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Q: Finding that the next baby born to a couple is a girl

Finding that the next baby born to a couple is a girl, given that the couple already has two children and they are both boys.

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Q: Rolling a single six-sided die and getting a result that

Rolling a single six-sided die and getting a result that is less than 10.

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Q: What is the probability of randomly selecting a day of the week

What is the probability of randomly selecting a day of the week whose name doesn’t include the letter “y”?

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Q: What is the probability of randomly selecting a day of the week

What is the probability of randomly selecting a day of the week whose name includes the letter “d”?

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Q: Not drawing a queen from a standard deck of 52 playing cards

Not drawing a queen from a standard deck of 52 playing cards (see Figure 6.6). Figure 6.6 Playing cards in a standard 52-card deck.

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Q: Not drawing a heart from a standard deck of 52 playing cards

Not drawing a heart from a standard deck of 52 playing cards (see Figure 6.6). Figure 6.6 Playing cards in a standard 52-card deck.

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Q: Not getting a correct answer when making a random guess of an

Not getting a correct answer when making a random guess of an answer to a particular multiple-choice question on an SAT test with possible answers of a, b, c, d, e, one of which is correct.

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