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A numbered wheel is divided into eight sectors of equal size, as shown. The wheel is spun until it stops with the arrow pointing at one of the numbers.

Axel decides to spin the wheel 400 times.

Find the number of times the arrow is not expected to point at a 4 .

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A numbered wheel is divided into eight sectors of equal size, as shown. The wheel is spun until it stops with the arrow pointing at one of the numbers.
Axel decides to spin the wheel 400 times.

How many more times must Axel spin the wheel so that the expected number of times that the arrow points at a 4 is at least 160 ?

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A bag contains black and white counters, and the probability of selecting a black counter is 16.

What is the smallest possible number of white counters in the bag?

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A bag contains black and white counters, and the probability of selecting a black counter is 16.

Without replacement, three counters are taken from the bag and they are all black. What is the smallest possible number of white counters in the bag?

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When a coin is randomly selected from a savings box, each coin has a 98% chance of not being selected. How many coins are in the savings box?
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A set of data values is 8, 13, 17, 18, 24, 32, 34 and 38 . Find the probability that a randomly selected value is more than one standard deviation from the mean.
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One student is randomly selected from a school that has 837 boys. The probability that a girl is selected is 47. Find the probability that a particular boy is selected.
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Find the probability that the number rolled with an ordinary fair die is:

a prime number or a 4

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Find the probability that the number rolled with an ordinary fair die is:

a square number or a multiple of 3