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Probability Problems and Solutions

The document presents a series of probability problems involving different scenarios, such as calculating the number of black balls in a bag, the probability of drawing marbles of different colors, and determining the likelihood of preferences for pizza. It also includes questions about combinations of restaurant menu items and the probability of students walking to school. Additionally, it discusses the probability of outcomes when flipping a biased coin.

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Probability Problems and Solutions

The document presents a series of probability problems involving different scenarios, such as calculating the number of black balls in a bag, the probability of drawing marbles of different colors, and determining the likelihood of preferences for pizza. It also includes questions about combinations of restaurant menu items and the probability of students walking to school. Additionally, it discusses the probability of outcomes when flipping a biased coin.

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1. Alice has some red balls and some black balls in a bag. Altogether she has 25 balls.

Alice
picks one ball from the bag. The probability that Alice picks a red ball is x and the probability
that Alice picks a black ball is 4x. Work out how many black balls are in the bag.

2. There are 12 marbles in a bag. There are n red marbles and the rest are blue marbles.
Nico takes 2 marbles from the bag. Write an expression involving n for the probability that
Nico takes one red marble and one blue marble.

3. Sam asked 50 people whether they like vegetable pizza or


pepperoni pizza.
37 people like vegetable pizza.
25 people like both.
3 people like neither.
Sam picked one of the 50 people at random. Given that the
person he chose likes pepperoni pizza, find the probability that
they don’t like vegetable pizza.

4. A restaurant offers the following options:


Starter – soup or salad
Main – chicken, fish or vegetarian
Dessert – ice cream or cake
How many possible different combinations of starter, main and
dessert are there?

5. There are 18 girls and 12 boys in a class. 2/9 of the girls


and 1/4 of the boys walk to school. One of the students who walks
to school is chosen at random. Find the probability that the
student is a boy.

5. Rachel flips a biased coin. The probability that she gets two
heads is 0.16. What is the probability that she gets two tails?

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