AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

BASICS OF PROBABILITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you are picking a card randomly from a deck of cards, the events of picking a jack and picking a heart are mutually exclusive.
A
True
B
False
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If you are picking a card randomly from a deck of cards, the events of picking an ace and picking a ‘3’ are mutually exclusive.

Detailed explanation-2: -1 Answer. A standard deck contains an equal number of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. So the probability of drawing a heart is 14 .

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Expert Answer So for any color there is a 1 in 4 chance of the result being a certain color (1 in 4 = 1/4 = 0.25). Since you are looking for either blue or green, the chances are the sum of the individual probabilities or 0.25+0.25=0.5.

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