1: Giving a test to a group of students, the grades and gender are summarized below   A B C Total Male 17 16 13 46 Female 11 3 5 19 Total 28 19 18 65 If one student was chosen at random, find the probability that the student got a C. Give your answer as a fraction or decimal.   2: Suppose you roll a special 45-sided die. What is the probability that the number rolled is a "1" OR a "2"? 3: A bag of M&M's has 3 red, 2 green, 7 blue, and 8 yellow M&M's. What is the probability of randomly picking: (give answer as a reduced fraction) A) a yellow?    B) a blue or green?    C) an orange? 4: A group of people were asked if they had run a red light in the last year. 481 responded "yes", and 101 responded "no". Find the probability that if a person is chosen at random, they have run a red light in the last year. Give your answer as a fraction or decimal accurate to at least 3 decimal places

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1: Giving a test to a group of students, the grades and gender are summarized below

  A B C Total
Male 17 16 13 46
Female 11 3 5 19
Total 28 19 18 65


If one student was chosen at random,
find the probability that the student got a C.
Give your answer as a fraction or decimal.

 

2: Suppose you roll a special 45-sided die. What is the probability that the number rolled is a "1" OR a "2"?

3: A bag of M&M's has 3 red, 2 green, 7 blue, and 8 yellow M&M's. What is the probability of randomly picking:

(give answer as a reduced fraction)

A) a yellow?

  

B) a blue or green?

  

C) an orange?


4: A group of people were asked if they had run a red light in the last year. 481 responded "yes", and 101 responded "no".

Find the probability that if a person is chosen at random, they have run a red light in the last year.
Give your answer as a fraction or decimal accurate to at least 3 decimal places
 
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