A bag contains 12 red and 11 green marbles. You are asked to select two marbles from the bag. The first marble selected will not be placed back into the bag. Construct a probability tree to indicate the various possible outcomes and their probabilities (as fractions). What is the probability that the two selected marbles will be different colours?   The following contingency table gives the results of a sample survey of south African mel and female respondents with regard to their preferred brand of sports gear.                                        Preferred brand of sports gear                                                 Maxed            Niked              Addidas         TOTAL No. of females                      40                    110                 50                    200 No. of males                          65                    115                 70                    250 TOTAL                                    105                 225                 120                 450   What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who prefers Nike?   What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who is not a male?   What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who is female and prefers Adidas?   What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who is male, given that they prefer maxed?   The probability of randomly selecting employee of company Y is male is 0.80. The probability that an employee of the same company works in the Human Resource department, given that the employee is male, is 0.50. What is the probability that a random selected employee of the company will be male and will work in the Human Resource department?   There are nine teams participating in a public quiz. What is the probability of correctly predicting the top four teams at the end of the competition, in the correct order? Give final answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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A bag contains 12 red and 11 green marbles. You are asked to select two marbles from the bag. The first marble selected will not be placed back into the bag.

Construct a probability tree to indicate the various possible outcomes and their probabilities (as fractions).

What is the probability that the two selected marbles will be different colours?

 

The following contingency table gives the results of a sample survey of south African mel and female respondents with regard to their preferred brand of sports gear.

 

                                     Preferred brand of sports gear

                                                Maxed            Niked              Addidas         TOTAL

No. of females                      40                    110                 50                    200

No. of males                          65                    115                 70                    250

TOTAL                                    105                 225                 120                 450

 

What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who prefers Nike?

 

What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who is not a male?

 

What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who is female and prefers Adidas?

 

What is the probability of randomly selecting a  respondent from the sample who is male, given that they prefer maxed?

 

  1. The probability of randomly selecting employee of company Y is male is 0.80.

The probability that an employee of the same company works in the Human Resource department, given that the employee is male, is 0.50. What is the probability that a random selected employee of the company will be male and will work in the Human Resource department?

 

There are nine teams participating in a public quiz. What is the probability of correctly predicting the top four teams at the end of the competition, in the correct order? Give final answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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