You choose a fruit from the bowl without looking. Do you think each fruit will be equally likely to be selected? Why or why not? How likely will you select a banana? Is it likely that you will select an orange? What do you need to know in order to determine the likelihood of selecting a pear? If there are 24 pieces of fruit in the bowl, what is the likelihood of selecting a pear or an apple? If you select two fruit without replacement, what is the chance that you will have an orange and a banana? What affects the outcome of these choices?
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I chose a fruit from the bowl without looking and here are my thoughts:
- I think each fruit might not be equally likely to be selected because there could be more of one fruit than another in the bowl.
- I think it is likely that I will select a banana because they're usually placed on the top of a pile of fruit.
- It's probably not as likely that I will select an orange because they're bigger and harder to grab.
- In order to determine the likelihood of selecting a pear, I would need to know how many pears are in the bowl and how many total pieces of fruit are in the bowl.
- If there are 24 pieces of fruit in the bowl, the likelihood of selecting a pear or an apple would depend on how many pears and how many apples there are.
- If I select two fruit without replacement, the chance of having an orange and a banana would depend on whether there is more than one of each fruit in the bowl and what I selected first.
- The outcome of these choices is affected by the number of each fruit in the bowl and the order in which I select them.