What NCAA college basketball conferences have the higher probability of having a team play in college basketball's national championship game? Over the last 20 years, the At- lantic Coast Conference (ACC) ranks first by having a team in the championship game 10 times. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) ranks second by having a team in the champi- onship game 8 times. However, these two conferences have both had teams in the cham- pionship game only one time, when Arkansas (SEC) beat Duke (ACC) 76–70 in 1994 (NCAA website, April 2009). Use these data to estimate the following probabilities. a. What is the probability that the ACC will have a team in the championship game? b. What is the probability that the SEC will have team in the championship game? c. What is the probability that the ACC and SEC will both have teams in the champi-

What NCAA college basketball conferences have the higher probability of having a team play in college basketball's national championship game? Over the last 20 years, the At- lantic Coast Conference (ACC) ranks first by having a team in the championship game 10 times. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) ranks second by having a team in the champi- onship game 8 times. However, these two conferences have both had teams in the cham- pionship game only one time, when Arkansas (SEC) beat Duke (ACC) 76–70 in 1994 (NCAA website, April 2009). Use these data to estimate the following probabilities. a. What is the probability that the ACC will have a team in the championship game? b. What is the probability that the SEC will have team in the championship game? c. What is the probability that the ACC and SEC will both have teams in the champi-

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