IM 7.8.3 Practice: What are Probabilities?

[size=150]List the [i]sample space [/i]for the chance experiment: [/size][br][br]Flipping a coin

Selecting a random season of the year

Selecting a random day of the week

A computer randomly selects a letter from the alphabet.

How many different outcomes are in the sample space?[br]

What is the probability the computer produces the first letter of your first name?

What is the probability of selecting a random month of the year and getting a month that starts with the letter “J?” If you get stuck, consider listing the sample space.

[math]E[/math] represents an object’s weight on Earth and [math]M[/math] represents that same object’s weight on the Moon. The equation [math]M=\frac{1}{6}E[/math] represents the relationship between these quantities.[br][br]What does the [math]\frac{1}{6}[/math] represent in this situation?

Give an example of what a person might weigh on Earth and on the Moon.

Here is a diagram of the base of a bird feeder which is in the shape of a pentagonal prism. Each small square on the grid is 1 square inch.

The distance between the two bases is 8 inches. What will be the volume of the completed bird feeder?

Here is a triangular prism.

Find the surface area of the triangular prism.

IM 7.8.3 Practice: What are Probabilities?

A computer randomly selects a letter from the alphabet.

Here is a diagram of the base of a bird feeder which is in the shape of a pentagonal prism. Each small square on the grid is 1 square inch.

Here is a triangular prism.

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