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Probability

The probability of a certain event is a number expressing the likelihood that a specific event will occur, expressed as the ratio of the number of actual occurrences to the number of possible occurrences. In mathematics, it is a measure of how often an event will happen and is the basis of statistics.

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What is a probability that when a couple has three children at least one of them is a boy?

There are two problems in answering this question. The gender of children are not independent events and also, the probability of a boy is not half as is often assumed but nearer to 52% and it varies over time and between countries.

However, if you assume that the genders are independent and that the probability of either gender is 0.5 then the answer is 0.875

What is the probability of at least one head?

If you throw a single fair coin multiple times, the probability of getting NO head is:For 1 throw: 1/2

For 2 throws: 1/2 squared = 1/4

For 3 throws: 1/2 cubed = 1/8

etc.

The probability of getting AT LEAST ONE head is the complement; for example, for 3 throws, it would be 1 minus 1/8.

What is the probability that the spinner and number cube both land on 2?

That would depend on how many numbers are on the spinner and the cube. The more numbers there are, the less likely it is that they would both land an any given number.

What does probability measures?

From a scale of 1 to 0 probability measure an event will happen, maybe it will happen or it will not happen.

What will happen if a fair die is rolled 180 times how many times would I expect it to either land on a 3 or a 5?

If you throw the fair die once then the chances are two as there are two numbers to be shown that is 3 or 5.

Total number of faces and numbers in dice = 6.

So, Probability of two numbers falling = 2/6 = 1/3.

If you roll the same die 180 times then chances of landing on either 3 or 5 = 180 x 1/3 = 60.

What is the probability of getting a even number in a deck of cards?

Well, in a deck of cards, there's 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, so that's five cards. Take those five cards and multiply it by four, because there's four different suits (clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts.) This gives you 20, out of 52 cards, or a 20/52 chance. You can reduce this by dividing by 4, to get a 4/13 chance. You can use a calculator to divide that out and find the percentage answer, which is 38.5 percent.

If you include the two jokers, then you have a 20/54 chance of drawing an even number, which works out to a 37 percent chance.

If you flip a coin and roll a 6-sided die what is the probability that you will flip a heads and roll at least a 3?

one in three

1 2 = under 3

3 4 5 6 = at least 3

so 4/6 probability

coin is 1 in 2

4/6 x 1/2 = 4/12 = 1/3

How many of scores will be within 1 standard deviation of the population mean?

Assuming a normal distribution 68 % of the data samples will be with 1 standard deviation of the mean.

What is the standard deviation and what is the probability that a student scored higher than 322 if the mean test score is 312 and 16 percent of the scores are under 307?

Assuming a normal distribution:

If 16% are less than 307, then 84% are greater than 307.

Using single tailed normal tables we want the z value which gives 84%-50% = 34% = 0.34 to the left of the mean; this is z ≈ -0.995

z = (value - mean)/standard deviation

→ standard deviation = (value - mean)/z ≈ (307 - 312)/-0.995 ≈ 5.03

The z value of 322 is z ≈ (322 - 312)/5.03 ≈ 1.99

Using the single tailed tables give the value of the normal distribution for z = 1.99 as approx 0.477 to the right of the mean.

This means that 0.477 + 0.5 = 0.977 are less than 322

→ 1 - 0.977 = 0.023 = 2.3 % are greater than 322

→ probability greater than 322 is 2.3%

How many '6 of hearts' are in a standard 52 card deck?

One. There is one card for each combination of number and suite.

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