Question

page 7 #2 Decide if each of the following events is impossible(, unlikely(U), equally likely (E), likely (L), or certain (C) to occur (vowels are AEIOU) a. A vowel will be picked when a letter is randomly selected from the word lieu. b. A vowel will be picked when a letter is randomly selected from the word math. c. A blue cube will be drawn from a bag containing only five blue and five black cubes. d. A red cube will be drawn from a bag of 100 red cubes. Blank 1: Blank 2: Blank 3: Blank 4:

Answer 1

(a)

The first one would be a likely event because there are three vowels out of four.

(b)

The second one is unlikely because there is just one vowel out of four.

(c)

The third event is equally likely because there is the same number of blue and black cubes.

(d)

The last event is certain to occur because there are just red cubes.