There are 3.5 commercial airliner aircraft crashes on average each month around the world. What is the likelihood that (a) there will be at least two of these accidents in the upcoming month; (b) there will only be one accident in the upcoming month? Describe your thinking!
A die is weighted in such a way that each of 2, 4, and 6 is twice as likely to come up as each of 1, 3, and 5. Find the probability distribution and find the probability of rolling less than 3.
Different hands are possible while playing 7-card poker with a conventional 52-card deck, 52C7, or 133,784,560. The likelihood of receiving different hands is calculated by dividing the total number of possible outcomes by 133,784,560. The probabilities and number of possible outcomes for each type of hand are displayed to the right. Calculate the likelihood of not receiving this kind of hand.
You randomly select one card from a standard deck.
(a) What is the probability of selecting a king or a queen?
(b) What is the probability of selecting a face card or a 10?
(c) What is the probability of selecting a spade or a heart?
(d) What is the probability of selecting a red card or a black card?