You are playing a game of ring toss. There are 60 bottles set up in 6 rows of 10. You have 3 rings to throw. Your goal is to get the rings around the neck of the bottles. Calculate the following probabilities 1.) What is the probability that you do not get any of the rings around the neck of the bottles 2.) what is the probability that you get 1 ring around the neck of the bottles  3.) what is the probability that you get 2 rings around the neck of the bottles

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Section11.9: Independent And Dependent Events
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You are playing a game of ring toss. There are 60 bottles set up in 6 rows of 10. You have 3 rings to throw. Your goal is to get the rings around the neck of the bottles. Calculate the following probabilities

1.) What is the probability that you do not get any of the rings around the neck of the bottles

2.) what is the probability that you get 1 ring around the neck of the bottles 

3.) what is the probability that you get 2 rings around the neck of the bottles 

4.) what is the probability that you get all 3 rings around the neck of the bottles

 

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Could you please explain to be what the numbers (3 * 0.01667 * 0.6988) represent in number 2 and (3 * 0.00046 * 0.9833) in number 3 and what math you did you equal that number 

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Could you please tell me the answer to number 4 

4.) what is the probability that you you get all 3 rings around the neck of the bottle? 

 

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what is the probability that they will get all three rings?

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