San Pablo City is famous for its Seven Lakes namely: Sampaloc, Bunot, Yambo, Pandin. Mohicap, Calibato, and Palakpakin. Your friend from Manila will come to your house to have a one-week vacation. You suggested that you will accompany him to visit one of the Seven Lakes. To determine the lakes that you will be visiting, you decided to draw lots. So, you wrote each lake name on a piece of paper and put them in a bowl. If you will pick one paper from the bowl, what is the probability that you will pick: a. Sampaloc or a lake that starts with “S”? b. a lake that starts with “P” or starts with “S”? c. Bunot or Yambo? d. Mohicap or a lake that starts with “B”? e. a lake that starts with “M” or starts with “Y”?

San Pablo City is famous for its Seven Lakes namely: Sampaloc, Bunot, Yambo, Pandin. Mohicap, Calibato, and Palakpakin. Your friend from Manila will come to your house to have a one-week vacation. You suggested that you will accompany him to visit one of the Seven Lakes. To determine the lakes that you will be visiting, you decided to draw lots. So, you wrote each lake name on a piece of paper and put them in a bowl. If you will pick one paper from the bowl, what is the probability that you will pick: a. Sampaloc or a lake that starts with “S”? b. a lake that starts with “P” or starts with “S”? c. Bunot or Yambo? d. Mohicap or a lake that starts with “B”? e. a lake that starts with “M” or starts with “Y”?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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