Intro to Compound Probability

Which of the following is a compound event?

• Getting at least 2 heads when tossing a coin thrice.

• Choosing a female student from a class.

• Three turning up in rolling a die once.

• Picking a dress in the closet.

A = 〈pink, blue, red, brown, green, white〉

What is the cardinality of A?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 〈3, 6, 9〉

• 〈2, 4, 6, 8, 10〉

• 〈2, 6〉

• 〈6〉

If G = 〈x/x is a multiple of 3 from 1 to 10〉 and

H = 〈y/y is an even number from 2 TO 12〉 

What is G ∪ H?

• 〈2,3,4,6,8,10〉

• 〈2,3,4,6,8,9,10,12〉

• 〈2,3,12〉

• 〈3,6,9,12〉

How many possible outcomes are there in tossing a coin THRICE?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

In drawing a single card from a standard deck of cards, how many possible outcomes are there?

What is the probability of picking a vowel from the letters of the word "COORDINATE"?

There are 20 mangoes and 22 apples in a basket. If a fruit is picked at random, what is the probability of picking a mango?

In turning the spinner on the left, what is the probability of having the arrow stopped at the color GREEN?

What is the probability of picking a KING from a standard deck of cards?