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Which of the following is the probability of drawing a king or a heart if you randomly pick 1 card from a regular deck of cards? a. 17/52 b. 4/13 c. 9/26 d. 1/52 {Ans: answer: b. 4/13 The probability of getting a heart or a king is equal to the probability of getting a king plus the probability of getting a heart minus the probability of getting the king of hearts. Since this is an overlapping probability, we need to subtract the intersection between the two events.}What do you call questions that have more than one possible answer, and require collection of data to reach a valid answer? a. probing questions b. statistical questions c. non-statistical questions b. rhetorical questions {Ans: answer: b. statistical questions A non-statistical question just has one answer that does not change. A rhetorical question does not require to be answered. Probing questions require elaboration of the topic.}There is a right triangle. Side a has a length of 9, side c has a length of 41. Which of the following is the measurement of side b? a. 27 b. 36 c. 40 d. 39 {Ans: answer: c. 40 Using the Pythagorean theorem