Stage: 4 Challenge Level: 
The result can be a little surprising. The emphasis here is on the quality and thoroughness of the reasoning.
Real world. Experimental probability. Theoretical probability. Quadratic equations. Random variables. Equally likely outcomes. Combining probabilities. Conditional probability. Tree diagrams. Long problems.
Published November 2005,December 2005.
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