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Sterling is playing a scratch-off lottery game in which he has a 25 chance of winning. He bought 10 tickets and scratched off 6, all of which were losers. What is the probability that the next ticket will be a winner?
 
  a. 10
  b. 25
  c. 50
  d. 75

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Andy is a serious basketball fan and has a tendency to shout his coaching suggestions at the TV screen. One particular player, who usually isn't a star shooter, has somehow made most of her shots tonight and, as the very close game winds down to its last minute, Andy shouts at the players to pass her the ball. Andy has fallen into the ____ fallacy.
 
  a. fast-and-frugal
  b. take-the-best
 c. hot hand
 d. availability


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kswal303

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

b

Answer to Question 2

c


colton

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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