Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability P that the sum is exactly 10?
Probability worksheet with answers
1.Easy
2 dice= 10
P =
2.Easy
Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability P that the sum is exactly 6?
2 dice= 6
P =
3.Medium
A fair die is rolled 7 times. What is the probability P of getting at least one six?
n = 7
P =
4.Medium
In how many ways N can a committee of 2 people be chosen from a group of 6? The order does not matter.
n = 6k = 2
N =
5.Hard
A test has 9 multiple-choice questions. A student who guesses gets each one right with probability 0.5, independently. What is the probability P of exactly 3 correct answers?
n = 9p = 0.5k = 3
P =
6.Hard
X has the distribution shown, and Y = −2X + 4. Find the standard deviation σY of Y.
x: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5p(x): 0.25, 0.25, 0.3, 0.1, 0.1Y = −2X + 4
σY =
Answer key
- 1. P = 0.08333
- 2. P = 0.1389
- 3. P = 0.7209
- 4. N = 15
- 5. P = 0.1641
- 6. σY = 2.488
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