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Pedro runs a simulation to model the availability of pizza at the school cafeteria. Using the given digits, what is the estimated probability that Pedro will eat pizza for lunch every day next week?

A. 0.4
B. 0.3
C. 0.7
D. 0.0

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Final answer:

The provided details don't directly answer the student's question regarding the probability of Pedro eating pizza daily for a week. However, we use given probabilities of other independent events to illustrate how we could calculate it by multiplying the probabilities for individual days over the course of a week.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information provided is insufficient to directly answer the student's original question regarding the probability that Pedro will eat pizza for lunch every day next week. However, using the reference information on the independent events A and B with probabilities P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.3, we can find the probability of both events happening together when they are independent by multiplying their probabilities, thus P(A AND B) = P(A) × P(B) = 0.2 × 0.3 = 0.06, as seen in question 70.

For the case of Pedro and the pizza availability, if the availability of pizza each day can be considered an independent event similar to A and B, and if we had the probability of pizza being available on an individual day, we would then calculate the probability of it being available every day for a week in an akin manner, by raising the daily probability to the power of 7 (since there are 7 days in the week).

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Final answer:

The provided details don't directly answer the student's question regarding the probability of Pedro eating pizza daily for a week. However, we use given probabilities of other independent events to illustrate how we could calculate it by multiplying the probabilities for individual days over the course of a week.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information provided is insufficient to directly answer the student's original question regarding the probability that Pedro will eat pizza for lunch every day next week. However, using the reference information on the independent events A and B with probabilities P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.3, we can find the probability of both events happening together when they are independent by multiplying their probabilities, thus P(A AND B) = P(A) × P(B) = 0.2 × 0.3 = 0.06, as seen in question 70.

For the case of Pedro and the pizza availability, if the availability of pizza each day can be considered an independent event similar to A and B, and if we had the probability of pizza being available on an individual day, we would then calculate the probability of it being available every day for a week in an akin manner, by raising the daily probability to the power of 7 (since there are 7 days in the week).

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Final answer:

The provided details don't directly answer the student's question regarding the probability of Pedro eating pizza daily for a week. However, we use given probabilities of other independent events to illustrate how we could calculate it by multiplying the probabilities for individual days over the course of a week.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information provided is insufficient to directly answer the student's original question regarding the probability that Pedro will eat pizza for lunch every day next week. However, using the reference information on the independent events A and B with probabilities P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.3, we can find the probability of both events happening together when they are independent by multiplying their probabilities, thus P(A AND B) = P(A) × P(B) = 0.2 × 0.3 = 0.06, as seen in question 70.

For the case of Pedro and the pizza availability, if the availability of pizza each day can be considered an independent event similar to A and B, and if we had the probability of pizza being available on an individual day, we would then calculate the probability of it being available every day for a week in an akin manner, by raising the daily probability to the power of 7 (since there are 7 days in the week).

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