Algebra 6-4  Relative Frequency and Probability

1.    What is the difference betweeen Relative Frequency and Probability?
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2.    What is the probability I could guess
        a.)  what day of the week you were born on? _____________

        b.)  what month you were born on?    _________________
              Assume all months have the same number of days.
                    If you really think about this one, some months have a higher probability.

        c.)  what your exact birthday is (i.e. March 13)?  ______________

3.    About 130 million U.S. citizens own a computer. 87 million
       people have Internet access. There are about 260 million U.S. citizens.
        a.)  What is the probability that if you selected someone at random, you
              would pick a person that has a computer at home?
                                                                                            ___________

        b.)  What is the probability that if you selected someone at random, you
               would pick a person that has Internet access?
                                                                                        ___________

        c.)  What is the probability that if you selected someone who owns a
              computer, he would have Internet access?
                                                                                    __________

4.    In a hat there are 80 marbles.  20 are blue, 20 are red, 20 are green, and
       20 are black.  After reaching in the bag 20 times, I had the following:
       10 blue, 6 red, and 3 green, and 1 black
        a.)  What was the probability of pulling out a blue marble? ________

        b.)  What was the relative frequency of pulling out a blue marble? _______

        c.)  What was the relative frequency of pulling out a green marble? ______

        d.)  What was the probability of pulling out a green marble? ______

        e.)  What was the relative frequency of pulling out a black marble? ______

        f.)  What was the probability of pulling out a green marble? ______

5.    I interviewed p people for admission to the Hickam fan club.  I accepted 2/5 of
       those I interviewed.  How many people now are in the Hickam fan club?
                                                                                                              _______