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An American roulette wheel has 38slots with numbers 1through36,0and00as shown in the figure. Of the numbered slots, 18are red, 18are black, and 2-the 0and00are green. When the wheel is spun, a metal ball is dropped onto the middle of the wheel. If the wheel is balanced, the ball is equally likely to settle in any of the numbered slots. Imagine spinning a fair wheel once. Define events B: ball lands in a black slot, and E: ball lands in an even-numbered slot. (Treat 0and 00as even numbers.)

a. Make a two-way table that displays the sample space in terms of events B and E.

b. Find P(B) and P(E).

c. Describe the event 鈥淏 and E鈥 in words. Then find the probability of this event.

d. Explain why P(B or E) 鈮 P(B) + P(E). Then use the general addition rule to compute P(B or E).

Short Answer

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Part a.

EventSample space
B2, 35, 4, 33, 6, 31, 8, 29, 10, 13, 24, 15, 22, 17, 20, 11, 26, 28
E0, 2, 4, 16, 6, 18, 8, 12, 10, 00, 36, 24, 34, 22, 32, 20, 30, 26, 28

Part b. P(B)=0.4737P(E)=0.5

Part c. The probability of the event 鈥淏 and E鈥 is 0.2632.

Part d.P(BorE)=0.7105

Step by step solution

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Part a. Step 1. Given information

Total number of slots in a roulette =38

Number of red slots =18

Number of black slots =18

Number of green slots=2

B is the event of a ball landing in a black slot

E is the event of a ball landing in an even numbered slot.

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Part a. Step 2. Calculation

Sample space of event B=2,35,4,33,6,31,8,29,10,13,24,15,22,17,20,11,26,28

Sample space of eventE=0,2,4,16,6,18,8,10,00,36,24,34,22,32,20,30,26,28

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Part b. Step 1. Formula used

P(B)=TotalnumberofoutcomesinthesamplespaceintheeventBTotalnumberofoutcomesP(E)=TotalnumberofoutcomesinthesamplespaceintheeventETotalnumberofoutcomes

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Part b. Step 2. Calculation

P(B)=1838=0.4737P(E)=1938=0.5

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Part c. Step 1. Formula used

P(BE)=Totalnumberofoutcomesinthesamplespaceintheevent(BE)Totalnumberofoutcomes

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Part c. Step 2. Calculation

Event 鈥淏 and E鈥 means the ball lands in the black even numbered slot.

Slots which are black even numbered =2,4,6,8,10,24,26,28

P(BE)=1038=0.2632

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Part d. Step 1. Formula used

P(BorE)=P(B)+P(E)-P(BandE)

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Part d. Step 2. Calculation

P (B or E) means the probability of a ball landing on the black slot or on an even numbered.

As P (B and E) is not equal to zero, this means that event B and event E is not mutually exclusive.

By adding P (B) and P (E), one is including the P (B and E) twice.

Hence, P (B or E) P (B) + P (E) P(BorE)P(B)+P(E).

From the above sub parts, P(B)=0.4737,P(E)=0.5,P(BandE)=0.6232

P(BorE)=0.4737+0.5+0.2632P(BorE)=0.7105

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