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What is the probability of an impossible event?

A) 0 B) -1
C) 0.1 D) 1

Answer:   A) 0



Explanation:

The probability of an impossible event is 0.

The event is known ahead of time to be not possible, therefore by definition in mathematics, the probability is defined to be 0 which means it can never happen.

 

The probability of a certain event is 1.

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If the standard deviation of 0, 1, 2, 3 ......... 9 is K, then the standard deviation of 10, 11, 12, 13 ........... 19 will be:

 

A) K+1 B) K
C) K+4 D) K+8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) K

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The standard deviation of the set {10, 11, 12, 9, 8} is

A) 1 B) √2
C) 2 D) 2√2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) √2

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Find the range of the data 2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7, 3, 5, 2, 4.

A) 5 B) 4
C) 3 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 6

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Find the median, mode and mean of 9, 5, 8, 9, 9, 7, 8, 9, 8.

A) 9, 9, 9 B) 9, 8, 9
C) 8, 9, 8 D) 8, 9, 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8, 9, 8

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In the usual set notation, A  (B  C) =

 

 

A) A∪B∪A∪C B) A∩B∪A∩C
C) A∪B∩A∪C D) A∪B∩A∩C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A∪B∩A∪C

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Find the range and mode of the data 17, 18, 28, 19, 16, 18, 17, 29, 18

A) 12 and 18 B) 13 and 18
C) 12 and 17 D) 11 and 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 13 and 18

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Find the standard deviation of {11, 7, 10,13, 9}

A) 1 B) 2
C) 4 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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A table tennis player, lost 12 games out of 18 games played. Calculate the games won in terms of decimal.

A) 0.667 B) 0.067
C) 0.50 D) 0.333
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.333

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