Answer:
<u>The correct answer is B. 1/729</u>
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Probability of any of the nine words would be randomly cited.
Using the Laplace Rule, we calculate that probability is 1/9
2. Now let's calculate the probability of any two - word phrase in specific order from those nine in the dictionary. We should remember that the probability of occurrence of two or more statistically independent events is equal to the product of their individual probabilities. So,
1/9 * 1/9 = 1/81
3. Using the same Multiplication Rule, we can calculate the probability of a random generation of the phrase "three blind mice", in that specific order. Because there are other phrases that could be generated with those three words, but in different order. The question was specific about the order.
1/9 * 1/9 * 1/9 = 1/729
<u>The probability of randomly generating the phrase "three blind mice" is 1/729 or 0.137%</u>
Answer:
11
Step-by-step explanation:
9(3)-8(2)
27-16
11
Here I copy the steps and indicate where the error is.
Square root of negative 2x plus 1 − 3 = x=> <span>this is the starting equation
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√[ - 2x + 1] - 3 = x
Square root of negative 2x plus 1 − 3 + 3 = x + 3 in this step she added 3 to each side, which is fine
<span> Square root
of negative 2x plus 1 = x + 3 <span>she made the addtions => fine</span></span>
Square root of negative 2x plus 1 − 1 = x + 3 – 1 due to <span>plus 1 in inside the square root, this step will not help</span>
<span> Square root
of negative 2 x = x + 2 <span>wrong! she cannot simplify - 1 that is out of the square root with +1 that is inside the square root
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<span>Then, from here on all is wrong, but she made other additional mistakes.</span>
(Square root of negative 2 x)2 = (x − 4)2 −2x <span> the right side should be (x+2)^2 which is x^2 + 4x +4 not (x-4)^2 - 2x</span>
Later she made a mistake changing the sign of -8x to +8x
Those are the mistakes. Finally, the global error is that she should verify whether the found values satisfied the original equation.
negative exponent means how many times to divide by the number. Example: 8-1 = 1 ÷ 8 = 1/8 = 0.125. Or many divides: Example: 5-3 = 1 ÷ 5 ÷ 5 ÷ 5 = 0.008.
hope it helps