Pascal 1653

Zhu Shijiei 1261

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What is the probability of spinning each of the following using the spinner shown? The colours on the spinner are red, yellow, and blue.

1. P(red)

2. P(yellow)

3. P(green)

4. P(red, yellow or blue)

5. P(not red)

Design an experiment using coins to simulate a 10 question true/false test. What is the experimental probability of scoring at least 70% on the test if you guess each answer?

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HOMEWORKDesign an experiment to determine the probability of passing a six-question multiple choice test if you guess all the answers. Each question has four answers, and one answer is correct in each case.

How many simulations would seem reasonable?

What is the experimental probability of getting at least 50% on the test?

Pascal 1653

Zhu Shijiei 1261

Find a pattern, add two more rows to the triangle ...

11 1

1 2 1

1 3 3 1

1 4 6 4 1

11 1

1 2 1

1 3 3 1

1 4 6 4 1

Pascal's Triangle

How many different patterns can you find in the triangle?

Suppose that, when you go to school from home, you like to take as great a variety of routes as possible, and that you are equally likely to take any possible route. You will walk only east or south.

(b) How many ways can you go to school?

(c) What is the probability that you will walk past the post office on your way to school?

(a) How many ways can you go to the post office?

How many ways can the word RIVER be found in the array of letters shown to the right if you start from the top R and move diagonally down to the bottom R?

A water main broke in our neighborhood today. My kids want to get to the park to play as quickly as they can so we only walk South or East. How many different "shortest paths" are there from our house to the park walking on the sidewalks along the streets?

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The diagram below shows a game of chance where a ball is dropped as indicated, and eventually comes to rest in one of the four locations labelled A, B, C, or D. The ball is equally likely to go left or right each time it strikes a triangle. We want to determine the theoretical probability of a ball landing in any one of these four locations. To do this, we need to know the total number of paths the ball can take, and also the number of paths to each location.

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How many ways can the word "MATHEMATICS" appear in the following array if you must spell the word in proper order?

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