Theoretical and Experimental Probability
Games A radio station in Mississippi is giving away a trip to the Mississippi coast from any other state in the United States. Assuming an equally likely chance for a winner from any other state, what is the probability that the winner will be from a state that does not border Mississippi? This problem will prepare you for the Multi-Step Test Prep on page 826. While playing Yahtzee and rolling 5 dice, Mei gets the result shown at right. Mei decides to keep the three 4's and reroll the other 2 dice. What is the probability that Mei will have 5 of a kind? What is the probability that she will have 4 of a kind? (four 4's plus something else)? What is the probability that she will have exactly three 4's? How' are the answers to parts a, b, and c related? Weather Use the graph and the following information for Exercise 30. The table shows the number of days that the maximum temperature was above 90degreeF in Death Valley National Park in 2002. May has 31 days. How would the experimental probability be affected if someone mistakenly used 30 days to calculate the experimental probability that the maximum temperature will not be greater than 90degreeF on a given day in May? How many outcomes are in the sample space when a quarter, a dime, and a nickel are tossed?