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In this exercise, you'll use the formula for the probability of the complement of an event.

Another game you've set up at casino night involves rolling a fair six-sided die followed by tossing a fair coin.In this game, players earn points depending on the number they get on the die and which side of the coin turns up.For example, the player earns 5 points for getting (2, tails).

Question 1

Find the total number of possible outcomes in each trial of this game.

Question 2

Find the probability that the result is not (6, heads).

Question 3

Find the probability that tails and an even number do not occur together.

Question 4

Find the probability that the outcome is neither (2, heads) nor (3, tails).

Question 5

Find the probability that the outcome is either tails with any number, or heads with a number greater than 1.

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Use the information in table 1 of thislife tableto answer these questions.

Copy and paste link into browser. for life table

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_09.pdf

Question 1

What is the probability of dying between ages 70 and 71?

Question 2

How many people out of 100,000 will survive until age 90?

Question 3

How many people out of every 100,000 will die between ages 99 and 100?

Question 4

How many more years can a 75-year-old person expect to live?