Showing posts with label PROBABILITY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PROBABILITY. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Single Serving

In Olympic tennis during the summer games the court is split up into five rectangles on each side. In singles tennis the ball is allowed to be played in three of the five rectangles. In doubles tennis the ball can be played in any five of the rectangles. A serve is the first hit ball of the point being played. The ball that is served is only allowed to bounce in one of the two rectangles below the service line.


What is the probablity that the ball will bounce in the appropriate square off the serve in singles tennis game?

Turn your thinking into a fraction. Is the fraction the same in a doubles tennis game?

Rings of the World


The Five Rings have been the official symbol of the Olympic Games since 1913. The five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and the Americas. The five different colors of the rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. At least one of those five colors appears on every national flag in the world.
What is the general likelyhood that the color blue is present in at least one country's flag on each continent?

What percentage of the ring's colors can be found on the flag of the United States of America?

Monday, April 5, 2010

Freeski Fallout


If Bryon Wilson has fallen 5 out of the last 20 times that he attempted to do a D-Spin on the final ski jump during his mogul run, what is the probability that he will Land his next attempt at a D-Spin?

Express this probability in fraction, decimal, and percentage form.