Algebra II (Day-5|Content Test-1)

1. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?

A.

1
6

C.

1
9

B.

D.

1
8
1
12

2. What is the probability that a number selected from numbers

1,2,3,...,30, is prime number, when each of the given numbers is
equally likely to be selected?
A. 9/30
B. 8/30
C. 10/30
D. 11/30

3. How many ways can 4 prizes be given away to 3 boys, if each boy
is eligible for all the prizes?
A. 256
B. 24

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C. 12
D. None of these
4. There are 9 possible toppings for a sandwich, but you only want 4
toppings, one of which must be pickles, How many different sandwich
can be made?

5.

6. Jones is the Chairman of a committee. In how many ways can a

committee of 5 be chosen from 10 people given that Jones must be
one of them
a.
b.
c.
d.

126
252
495
3,024

7. What is the probability that the total of two dice will be greater than 9,
given that the first die is a 5?

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8.

9. In Orange County, 51% of the adults are males. (It doesn't take too
much advanced mathematics to deduce that the other 49% are
females.) One adult is randomly selected for a survey involving credit
card usage.
a. Find the prior probability that the selected person is a male.
b. It is later learned that the selected survey subject was smoking
a cigar. Also, 9.5% of males smoke cigars, whereas 1.7% of females
smoke cigars (based on data from the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration). Use this additional information to find
the probability that the selected subject is a male.
10. A new superman MasterCard has been issued to 2000
customers. Of these customers, 1500 hold a Visa card, 500 hold an
American Express card and 40 hold a Visa card and an American
Express card. Find the probability that a customer chosen at random
holds a Visa card, given that the customer holds an American Express
card.
a.

1/4

b.

1/3

c.

2/25

d.

1/50
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