Today's lesson (pdf) looked at the concepts of probability and odds.
Your homework for tonight is:
- Play around with the Cold War Kids video and try to answer the two questions from the lesson:
a) If we set all of the tracks before we start, how many different videos could we watch?
b) How many clips did each musician have to record?
c) Bonus question: If we started watching all the possible different versions we could watch starting tomorrow in class, and only watched during our Algebra class (and did nothing else - you wish), on what day and at what time would we finish watching the videos? (Helpful link: AHS Calendar)
- Here are two interesting articles about probability that you might be interested in.
5 Worries Parents Should Drop, and 5 They Shouldn't looks at what parents typically fear will happen to their kids (but is actually pretty unlikely), and what they should be concerned about (because they have a higher probability of happening).
Chances Are looks at a conditional probability problem involving the likelihood of having breast cancer is you have a positive mammogram. We won't be getting into conditional probability this year, but it's still an interesting and important article for you to see how probability is something you need a good handle on in order to make good health care decisions.
- Watch (including completing the Guided Practice and Self-Check sections) the Find Probability and Odds video.
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