Math 119
Review Set 3
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1. A candy dish contains three red candies, 4 yellow candies and 5 blue
candies. You close your eyes, choose two candies one at a time (with-
out replacement) from the dish, and record their colors.
(a) Find the probability that both candies are red. (a)
(b) Find the probability that both candies are not blue.
(b)
2. The proportions of blood phenotypes A, B, AB and O in the population
of all Caucasions in the U.S. are reported at 0.41, 0.10, 0.04 and 0.45,
respectively. An individual is randomly selected from the population.
Find the probability that the person will have either type A or type
AB blood.
2.
3. Toss three fair coins. Find the probability that all three are tails.