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Permutation
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Combinatio
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Probabilit
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Odds &
Expectatio
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Rules for
Probabilit
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QUESTION:
Use the definition for a permutation to show work and
solve. Work must be shown! Use the formula!

P
80 2
ANSWER:
6320

QUESTION:
An automobile license plate consists of three letters
followed by four digits. How many different plates can
be made if repetitions are allowed?

ANSWER:
175,760,000

QUESTION:
An automobile license plate consists of three letters
followed by four digits. How many different plates can
be made if repetitions are allowed in the letters but not
in the digits?

ANSWER:
88,583,040

QUESTION:
How many different 3-letter permutations of the letters
in the word bread are there?

ANSWER:
60

QUESTION:
How many different arrangements of the letters in the
word cheese are there?

ANSWER:
120

QUESTION:
Use the definition for a combination to show work and
solve. Work must be shown! Use the formula!

ANSWER:
53,130

C
25 20

QUESTION:
How many ways can five different television programs
be selected from 12 programs?

ANSWER:
792

QUESTION:
A physics test consists of 25 true-false questions. How
many different possible answer keys can be made?

ANSWER:
33,554,432

QUESTION:
How many ways can five sopranos and four altos be
chosen for the university chorus from seven sopranos
and nine altos?

ANSWER:
2,646

QUESTION:
Santa Claus has 10 boy elves and 16 girl elves in
training for reindeer care. Find the number of ways he
can select 8 elves for the reindeer care team if he needs
to pick 4 boys and 4 girls.

ANSWER:
382,200

QUESTION:
When a single card is drawn from a deck, find the
probability of getting a 7 and or a club. Express your
answer as a simplified fraction.

ANSWER:
4/13

QUESTION:
When two dice are rolled, find the probability of
getting a sum greater than 9. Express your answer as a
simplified fraction.

ANSWER:
1/6

QUESTION:
A single ball is taken at random from an urn containing
10 balls numbered 1 through 10. Find the probability of
selecting a ball that is either less than 5 or odd. Express
answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

ANSWER:
0.7

QUESTION:
A box contains 10 CD-R disks and 2 are defective. If 2
disks are randomly selected from the box, find the
probability that both are defective. Express answer as a
decimal to 3 places.

ANSWER:
0.022

QUESTION:
A newspaper advertises five different movies, three
plays, and two baseball games. If a couple selects three
activities at random, find the probability they will attend
two plays and one movie. Express answer as a
simplified fraction.

ANSWER:
1/8

QUESTION:
Find the probability in favor of an event if the odds in
favor are 6:4. Express answer as a simplified fraction.

ANSWER:
3/5

QUESTION:
A single card is drawn from a standard 52-card deck.
Find the odds in favor of selecting a jack. Answer must
be simplified.

ANSWER:
1:12

QUESTION:
The probability that a horse will win a race is 5/13.
Find the odds against that horse winning a race.

ANSWER:
8:5

QUESTION:
Mark has a penny, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, and a
half-dollar in his wallet. One falls out onto the counter
as he is paying for gas. Find the expected value of the
event.

ANSWER:
18.2 cents or $0.182

QUESTION:
At this years State Fair, there was a dice rolling game.
If you rolled two dice and got a sum of 2 or 12, you won
$20. If you rolled a 7, you won $5. Any other roll was a
loss. It cost $3 to play one game with one roll of the
dice. What is the expectation of the game?

ANSWER:
-$1.06

QUESTION:
During Halloween, Seth collected 6 Snickers bars, 3
Twix bars, 2 packages of M&Ms and two boxes of
Nerds while trick-or-treating in the dorm. If one candy
is selected from his stash, find the probability of getting
a package of M&Ms or a Twix bar. Express answer as
a simplified fraction.

ANSWER:
5/13

QUESTION:
During Halloween, Seth collected 6 Snickers bars, 3
Twix bars, 2 packages of M&Ms and two boxes of
Nerds while trick-or-treating in the dorm. If Seth selects
two candy items without replacement, find the
probability of Snickers twice. Express answer as a
decimal to 3 places.

ANSWER:
0.192

QUESTION:
Three cards are drawn from an ordinary deck without
replacement. Find the probability of getting a queen
then a jack and then a 3. Round answer to 6 decimal
places.

ANSWER:
0.000483

QUESTION:
The data is based on a nationwide exit poll. The rows represent the
political affiliation of voters, and the columns represent how they voted.
Obama

McCain

Other

Democrat

347

39

Republican

32

285

Independent

151

128

11

Find the probability that a randomly selected person voted

for Obama given that he or she was a Republican. Express
answer as a simplified fraction.

ANSWER:

1/10

QUESTION:
The data is based on a nationwide exit poll. The rows represent the
political affiliation of voters, and the columns represent how they voted.

Find the probability that a randomly selected person voted

for either Obama or McCain given that he or she was a
Independent. Express answer as a decimal to 3 places.

ANSWER:
0.962