730 Chapter 10 Data Analysis and Probability

GUIDED PRACTICE
1. Vocabulary Two events are ? if the occurrence of one event affects the
probability of the other event. (independent or dependent)
SEE EXAMPLE 1
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Tell whether each set of events is independent or dependent. Explain your answers.
2. You draw a heart from a deck of cards and
set it aside. Then you draw a club from the
deck of cards.
3. You guess true on two true-false questions.
4. Your brother calls you on the phone. You
hang up the phone, and then your neighbor
calls you.
5. You order from a menu, and then your
friend orders a different meal.
6. A doctors office schedules several patients.
Then you make an appointment.
SEE EXAMPLE 2
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7. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability
of the coin landing heads up three times?
8. Seven cards are numbered from 1 to 7 and placed in a box. One card is selected at
random and replaced. Another card is randomly selected. What is the probability
of selecting two odd numbers?
9. Stacey rolls two number cubes. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers
on the two number cubes is 7?
10. A number cube is rolled twice and a coin is tossed once. What is the probability
of the coin landing heads up and the number cube landing with 2 showing
both times?
11. A spinner with four equal sections of red, yellow, green, and blue is spun twice. What
is the probability that it lands on yellow and then on green?
THINK AND DISCUSS
1. Give an example of two events that are dependent. Explain why the
events are dependent.
2. GET ORGANIZED Copy and complete the graphic organizer.
Exa m pI e Proba bi I i Iy

D e pe nde nI Ev e nIs
Inde pe nde nI Ev e nIs
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