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If the probability of an event occurring is .70, then the probability of the event not occurring is:
 
  a. 1.00
  b. .70
  c. .50
  d. .30

Question 2

Jason flips a coin one hundred times, and it comes up heads every time. Jason predicts that the next flip of the coin is highly likely to yield tails because that outcome is long overdue. Jason is:
 
  a. not taking into account independent events.
  b. affected by the gambler's fallacy.
  c. not aware of how probability works.
  d. all of these



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