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Which of the following situations are fair? To decide which citizens will be asked to participate in a county-wide poll, each citizen is assigned a number and the county uses a random number generator to determine the citizens who will be contacted. Jason plays a game in which he has to pick a ball from a box of 10 balls, which contains 7 black balls and 3 white balls. He wins the game if he draws a white ball in one attempt. Jericho designs a game for a school carnival. The game consists of a box of 50 colored balls; 35 are violet, 10 are orange, and 5 are yellow. The player has to choose one ball from the box. The player wins $5\$ 5 if it is a yellow ball, otherwise, the player wins nothing.
Ryan designs a game where a prize wheel is split into five equal sections. Four sections are red and one is green. If the wheel is spun and lands on a red section, the players loses $1\$ 1. If the wheel lands on green section, the player wins $5\$ 5.
Ray is playing a game in which he rolls a six-sided number cube. If the outcome is six, he is paid $5\$ 5. Otherwise, he loses \$1.
Jack and Mia both want the last cookie and neither will agree to share by splitting it. They ask a stranger passing by to flip a coin to decide who gets the cookie. (c) 2024 Edmentum. All rights reserved.

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Jack and Mia's coin flip involves a fair coin, giving each a 12\frac{1}{2} chance of winning. This situation is fair because both have an equal probability of winning.
The fair situations are: - The county-wide poll selection. - Jack and Mia's coin flip.

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