Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 14

The casino game, roulette, allows the gambler to bet on the probability of a ball, which spins in the roulette wheel, landing on a particular color, number, or range of numbers. The table used to place bets contains of 38 numbers, and each number is assigned to a color and a range.

Compute the probability of winning the following types of bets:

(a) Betting on two lines that touch each other on the table as in 1-2-3-4-5-6
(b) Betting on three numbers in a line, as in 1-2-3
(c) Betting on one number
(d) Betting on four numbers that touch each other to form a square, as in 10-11-13-14
(e) Betting on two numbers that touch each other on the table, as in 10-11 or 10-13
(f) Betting on 0-00-1-2-3
(g) Betting on 0-1-2; or 0-00-2; or 00-2-3

OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §3.3 Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 14