4.) If 100 tickets are sold for two prizes and one person buys two tickets, find the probability that the person wins both prizes.

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Chapter6: Ratio, Proportion, And Probability
Section6.8: The Multiplication Principle
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4.) If 100 tickets are sold for two prizes and one person buys two tickets, find the
probability that the person wins both prizes.
5.) A basketball player makes three-fourths of his free throws. Assume each shot is
independent of another shot: find the probability that he makes the next four free
throws.
6.) In a multiple-choice test, each question is to be answered by selecting 1 out of 4
choices of which only 1 is right. If there are 10 questions in a test, what is the
probability of getting 7 right of pure guesswork?
Transcribed Image Text:4.) If 100 tickets are sold for two prizes and one person buys two tickets, find the probability that the person wins both prizes. 5.) A basketball player makes three-fourths of his free throws. Assume each shot is independent of another shot: find the probability that he makes the next four free throws. 6.) In a multiple-choice test, each question is to be answered by selecting 1 out of 4 choices of which only 1 is right. If there are 10 questions in a test, what is the probability of getting 7 right of pure guesswork?
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