There is a new game at the school fair called “Pick a Tile", in which the player reaches into two bags and chooses one square tile and one circular tile. The bag
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with squares contains three yellow, one blue, and two red squares. The bag
with circles has one yellow and two red circles. In order
to win the game (anda
large stuffed animal), a player must choose one blue square and one red circle
Since it costs $2 to play the game, Marty and Gerri decide to calculate the
probability of winning before deciding whether to play.
Gerri suggests they make a systematic list of all the possible color combinations
in the sample space, listing squares first then circles:
RY BY YY
RR BRYR
"So," says Gerri, "the answer is."
a.
Do you agree with Gerri's answer? Explain.