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Suzy is about to pick a cookie from a cookie jar. The cookie jar contains 4 chocolate chip, 3 vanilla, 2 ginger snap, and 1 sugar cookie. What is the probability that Suzy will not pick a vanilla cookie?
 
  a. .7
  b. .3
  c. 7
  d. 3

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Suppose you flip a fair coin five times and get a heads each time. Your friend insists that your next flip certainly will come up as tails. Is your friend correct?
 
  a. No, though the gambler's fallacy makes us think this, it is not a guarantee that the next flip will be tails.
  b. Yes, due to the gambler's fallacy.
  c. No, it probably is impossible to get tails with this particular coin.
  d. While you should get tails, you're probably more likely to get heads.


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CourtneyCNorton

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jun 20, 2018
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