Answer to Question #13028 in Statistics and Probability for Ramesh khadka

Question

Q.2 > For each question decide whether it is :
Certain (c)
Likely (l)
Unlikely (u)
Even chances (e)
Impossible (i)
a) you get an odd number when you roll a normal dice.
b) You get a number less than 6 when you roll a normal dice.
c) The front page of a newspaper will contain the word “and”.
d) Multiplying an odd by an even gives an even number.
e) “Add” is a longer word than “Multiply”.

Answer 1

a - even changes
b - unlikely
c - likely
d - certain
e - impossible

Explanation:

a) you get an odd number when you roll a normal dice. - Even chances (e)
We
have probability of existence this and opposite situations and we don't know
correlation of this probability
b) You get a number less than 6 when you roll
a normal dice - Unlikely (u)
The probability of existence this situation is
less than The probability of existence opposite situation
c) The front page
of a newspaper will contain the word “and”. - Likely (l)
The
probability of existence this situation is more than The probability of
existence opposite situation
d) Multiplying an odd by an even gives an even
number. - Certain (c)
The probability of this situation is 100%
e) “Add”
is a longer word than “Multiply”. - Impossible (i)
The probability of this
situation is 0%