Create an Excel table showing the frequency of the following words in a book: "dust", "pages", "chapters", "paragraphs", and "sentences".
Using the frequency table, if a book has a count of "dust" as 20, "pages" as 300, "chapters" as 10, "paragraphs" as 500, and "sentences" as 2000, what would be the probability of finding the missing word in the sentence "The book was ___ with dust"? How would you calculate this probability?
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Sure, here's how you can create an Excel table to show the frequency of the words in a book.

1. Open Microsoft Excel and create a blank sheet.

2. In the first row, enter the headings "Word", "Frequency".

3. In the second row, enter the words for which you want to find the frequency, i.e., "dust", "pages", "chapters", "paragraphs", and "sentences".

4. In the third row, enter the word count for each word from your book.

5. In the fourth row, enter the formula `SUM(C2:C5)` to find the total count.

6. To calculate the probability, you would need to divide the frequency of the word you're looking for by the total count. So, in your case, the probability of finding "dust" would be 20/908, which is approximately 0.022.

Here's the Excel table:

| **Word** | **Frequency** |
|----------|----------------|
| dust     | 20             |
| pages    | 300            |
| chapters | 10             |
| paragraphs| 500           |
| sentences| 2000          |
| **Total**| **908**        |

To calculate the probability, you'll divide the frequency of the missing word (in your case, assume it's "dust") by the total count, which is 908 (which you found in the fourth row). So, dividing 20 (which is the frequency of "dust") by 908 is approximately 0.022. Hence, the probability of finding "dust" is 0.022 or 2.2%.
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Create an Excel table showing the frequency of the following words in a book: "dust", "pages", "chapters", "paragraphs", and "sentences".
Using the frequency table, if a book has a count of "dust" as 20, "pages" as 300, "chapters" as 10, "paragraphs" as 500, and "sentences" as 2000, what would be the probability of finding the missing word in the sentence "The book was ___ with dust"? How would you calculate this probability?
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To create an Excel table showing the frequency of the words, follow these steps:

1. Open a new Excel workbook and create the following table:

| Word        | Frequency |
|-------------|-----------|
| dust        | 20        |
| pages       | 300       |
| chapters    | 10        |
| paragraphs  | 500       |
| sentences   | 2000      |

2. To calculate the probability of each word appearing in the sentence "The book was ___ with dust", we first need to find the total number of words. In this case, the total number of words (or events) is the sum of frequencies, which is 20 + 300 + 10 + 500 + 2000 = 2830.

3. Now, let's find the individual probabilities for each word. The probability of a word appearing is its frequency divided by the total number of words (events).

For "dust":
P(dust) = Frequency of dust / Total number of events
P(dust) = 20 / 2830

For "pages":
P(pages) = Frequency of pages / Total number of events
P(pages) = 300 / 2830

For "chapters":
P(chapters) = Frequency of chapters / Total number of events
P(chapters) = 10 / 2830

For "paragraphs":
P(paragraphs) = Frequency of paragraphs / Total number of events
P(paragraphs) = 500 / 2830

For "sentences":
P(sentences) = Frequency of sentences / Total number of events
P(sentences) = 2000 / 2830

4. Note that, in this context, it doesn't make sense to use any other word except "dust" in the blank for the sentence "The book was ___ with dust". However, I've shown you the method of calculating probabilities based on the word frequency for future reference.
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