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Professor Allen will be assigned one of 3 biology courses to teach: Cell Biology, Marine Biology, or Genetics. Each course is offered both in the morning and the afternoon. All courses and times have equal probabilities of being assigned. Which simulation can Professor Allen use to estimate his chance of teaching a Marine Biology course in the morning?

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Answer:

P = 1/6

Pc is probability of teaching a biology course = 1/3

P = 1/2 * Pc = 1/6 since Pc can be either in morning or afternoon

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