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Lesson 3 Skills Practice
Probability of Compound Events
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1. Draw a tree diagram to represent the
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For each situation, make a tree diagram to show the
sample space. Then give the total number of outcomes.
3. choosing a hamburger or hot dog and potato salad or
macaroni salad
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Sample Space
potato
hamburger, potato salad
macaroni
hamburger, macaroni salad
potato
hot dog, potato salad
macaroni
hot dog, macaroni salad
hamburger
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outcomes.
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5. choosing between the numbers 1, 2 or 3, and the
colors blue, red, or green
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blue
1, blue
red
green
1, red
1, green
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2, blue
red
green
2, red
2, green
blue
3, blue
red
green
3, red
3, green
There are
9 possible
outcomes.
Course 2 • Chapter 9 Probability