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You flip a fair coin 3 times. (a) What is the probability of getting 3 Tails? [a] (b) What is the probability of getting at least 1 Head? [b]

If P(A and B) = 0, then A and B are:

150 cans were recovered from Josh’s shop after a flood, but the water had washed off the labels. He knows that 40 cans contain peas, 90 contain soup, and 20 contain beans.  (a) If Josh selects one can at random, what is the probability that it contains soup? [a] (b) If Josh randomly selects one can, what is the probability that it contains beans or soup? [b] (c) If Josh randomly selects 2 cans without replacement, what is the probability that the first can contains beans and the second can contains peas? [c] (d) If Josh randomly selects 2 cans without replacement, what is the probability that both of the cans contain beans? [d]

1. Why did the Supreme Court invalidate the Gun-Free Zone Act of 1990? 2. Why was the Brady Handgun Protection Act invalidated in Printz v. United States in 1977?

1) Suppose that the California Supreme Court has just decided a case. 2) Is that case now the law of the land? Explain.

John steals a controlled substance from a pharmacy for his wife, who is ill. They do not have the money to purchase the drug, which was prescribed by the wife’s physician. John’s intention of helping his wife is best characterized as his

Racial motivation for committing crimes, such as battery, may be used to enhance a sentence.

Manuel hired Theresa to kill Manuel’s boss. Manuel and Theresa have been charged with Conspiracy to murder. The actus reus of the crime of Conspiracy is the act of attempting to kill the boss.

Ordinarily, a person who is found “not guilty by reason of insanity” is committed to a mental institution until he or she is no longer dangerous.

Assume that a defendant is accused of killing a person using a knife. He is tried in a jurisdiction that recognizes the deadly weapon doctrine. At trial, this means that