True or false: probability

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The outcomes head and tail of a fair coin are equally likely.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The six outcomes of throwing a fair die are equally likely.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Drawing a red ball is as likely as a blue one when there are 4 red and 1 blue.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Every experiment has equally likely outcomes.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement about probability is true or false.

Explanation