Darnell is selecting names from a hat to determine who will choose the family activities for the weekend. The names in the hat include his mother, father, sister, and him. Calculate the probability of each compound event.

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anonymous · Answer

16

gabylovesyou · Answer

P(Darnell and sister), without replacement 
	P (mother and father), with replacement 
	P (parent and sister), with replacement
	 P(parent and child), without replacement

gabylovesyou · Answer

A. 1/8
B. 1/12
C. 1/16
D. 1/3

anonymous · Answer

c.... since i said 16 its a one out of 16 chance.

gabylovesyou · Answer

I have to match them

anonymous · Answer

oh lol im no doing that just pair each person with the other once its not hard

gabylovesyou · Answer

mmmmmmmm ok

gabylovesyou · Answer

how? what am i supposed to do?

anonymous · Answer

sigh* OK. lol

dad x mother
dad x sister
dad x brother
 now do the same thing with the others!

gabylovesyou · Answer

im sorry lol i dont  know *sigh*

anonymous · Answer

http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinations-permutations.html this website should help you understand these types of problems. I think. Good website.

anonymous · Answer

that looks like probability... so perhaps try this instead: http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability.html