Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 13
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.
(a) List the sample space of the 38 possible outcomes in roulette.
(b) You bet on red. Find P(red).
(c) You bet on -1st 12- (1st Dozen). Find P(-1st 12-).
(d) You bet on an even number. Find P(even number).
(e) Is getting an odd number the complement of getting an even number? Why?
(f) Find two mutually exclusive events.
(g) Are the events Even and 1st Dozen independent?
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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §3.3 Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 13
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