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Activity 1 Predicting an Outcome
There are 7 marbles of the same size in a bag. Find the likelihood of each
event.
Pulling out Since none of Pulling out Since all the
a red marble the marbles in a blue marble marbles in
the bag are
the bag is blue, it is
red, it is certain to
impossible to pull out a
pull out a red blue marble.
marble.
Pulling out Only 1 of the Pulling out 5 of the
a green marble 7 marbles is a yellow marble 7 marbles are
green, so it is yellow, so it is
unlikely to pull likely to pull
out a green out a yellow
marble. marble.
1 . Write certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible to describe the probability
of each event.
a. b. c.
Pulling out Pulling out Pulling out
a red marble: a green marble: a yellow marble:
likely
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Activity 1 Predicting an Outcome
There are 7 marbles of the same size in a bag. Find the likelihood of each
event.
Pulling out Since none of Pulling out Since all the
a red marble the marbles in a blue marble marbles in
the bag are
the bag is blue, it is
red, it is certain to
impossible to pull out a
pull out a red blue marble.
marble.
Pulling out Only 1 of the Pulling out 5 of the
a green marble 7 marbles is a yellow marble 7 marbles are
green, so it is yellow, so it is
unlikely to pull likely to pull
out a green out a yellow
marble. marble.
1 . Write certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible to describe the probability
of each event.
a. b. c.
Pulling out Pulling out Pulling out
a red marble: a green marble: a yellow marble:
likely
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