1. What would be the probability of a. picking a black card at random from a standard deck of 52 cards? b. picking a face card (i.e. a king, queen, or jack)? c. not picking a face card?

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Activity #4: PROBABILITY
Read and analyze the problems, show your solution, and box the answer.
1. What would be the probability of
a. picking a black card at random from a standard deck of 52 cards?
b. picking a face card (i.e. a king, queen, or jack)?
c. not picking a face card?
2. What is the probability of rolling, on a fair dice:
a. a 3?
b. an even number?
c. zero?
d. a number greater than 4?
e. a number lying between 0 and 72
f. a multiple of 3 given that an even number was drawn?
3. A standard deck of playing cards is well shuffled and from it, you are given two cards.
You can have 0, 1, or 2 aces: three possibilities altogether. So, the probability that you
have two aces is equal to 1/3. What is flawed about this argument?
4. You shuffle a deck of playing card, and then start turning the cards one at a time. The
first one is black. The second one is also a black card. So is the third, and this happens
up to the 10th card. You start thinking, "the next one will likely be red!" Are you correct
in this reasoning?
5. The family of Tony delivers newspapers, one to each house in their village
Philippine Star 250
Philippine Daily Inquirer 300
Manila Bulletin 150
Manila Times 140
Manila Standard Today 100
Daily Tribune
What is the probability that a house picked at random has:
a. the Manila Times?
b. the Manila Standard Today or the Philippine Daily Inquirer?
c. a newspaper other than Daily Tribune?
Transcribed Image Text:Activity #4: PROBABILITY Read and analyze the problems, show your solution, and box the answer. 1. What would be the probability of a. picking a black card at random from a standard deck of 52 cards? b. picking a face card (i.e. a king, queen, or jack)? c. not picking a face card? 2. What is the probability of rolling, on a fair dice: a. a 3? b. an even number? c. zero? d. a number greater than 4? e. a number lying between 0 and 72 f. a multiple of 3 given that an even number was drawn? 3. A standard deck of playing cards is well shuffled and from it, you are given two cards. You can have 0, 1, or 2 aces: three possibilities altogether. So, the probability that you have two aces is equal to 1/3. What is flawed about this argument? 4. You shuffle a deck of playing card, and then start turning the cards one at a time. The first one is black. The second one is also a black card. So is the third, and this happens up to the 10th card. You start thinking, "the next one will likely be red!" Are you correct in this reasoning? 5. The family of Tony delivers newspapers, one to each house in their village Philippine Star 250 Philippine Daily Inquirer 300 Manila Bulletin 150 Manila Times 140 Manila Standard Today 100 Daily Tribune What is the probability that a house picked at random has: a. the Manila Times? b. the Manila Standard Today or the Philippine Daily Inquirer? c. a newspaper other than Daily Tribune?
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