PROBABILITY THEORY

1. If no restrictions are imposed on ordering, the number of possible

arrangements of 2 Mathematics, 4 Chemistry, and 4 Physics books in
a line equals

3628801
3628800
1151
1152

2. If books of each group be arranged within themselves in the order

Math - Chemistry - Physics, the number of possible arrangements of
3 Mathematics, 2 Chemistry, and 4 Physics books in a line equals

362880
290
362878
288

3. If books of each group be arranged within itself in any order, the

number of possible arrangements of 2 Mathematics, 4 Physics, 6
History, and 2 Chemistry books in a line equals

1658884
1658880
2092278988796
2092278988800

4. From a collection of 7 different numbers and 5 different letters, 9 -

place license plates can be designed in such a way that the first 5
places are numbers and the next 4 places are letters. Determine the
number of possible designated plates, if repetition is allowed for
both numbers and letters.

302400
2016840
10504375
1575000
5. How many 5 - member committees with exactly 5 men, can be
selected at random from a group of 8 men and 10 women?

252
308
56
5880

6. How many 6 - member committees with at least 2 men , can be

selected at random from a group of 11 men and 6 women?

822
892
825
12309

7. How many different 5-letter words, obtained by rearranging the

letters of VOLUME ?

716
10
720
6

8. How many words can be formed by rearranging the letters of the

word PRINTABLE ?

362884
40320
40316
362880

9. A coin is tossed 9 times. The number of all possible outcomes equals

506
 516
510
512

10. When a coin is tossed 7 times, the number of possible outcomes

containing 4 Tails equals

28
4096
35
840

11. When a coin is tossed 6 times, the number of possible outcomes

containing an odd number of Tails equals

32
30
1111
846

12. When rolling a balanced 6-face die once, find P (outcome is a prime
number)

0.5
0.25
0.33
0.2

13. When rolling a balanced 6-face die twice, find P (getting a sum of 5).

0.278
0.833
0.889
0.111
14. When rolling a balanced 6-face die twice, find P ( getting a sum of 2
or a sum of 8 ).

0.972
0.833
0.861
0.167

15. If the last digit of a weight measurement is equally likely to be any of

the digits from 0 to 9. Find P (the last digit is less than or equal to
7 ).

0.8
0.9
0.3
0.1

16. A part selected for testing is equally likely to produce on any one of
seven cutting tools.
Determine P (the part is not from tool 4).

0.857
0.093
0.183
0.143

17. A part selected for testing is equally likely to produce on any one of
seven cutting tools.
Determine P(the part is from tool 1 or tool 3).

0.25
0.714
 0.286
0.75

18. Let P (A) = 0.21 and P (B) = 0.38. Let A and B be mutually
exclusive.
Find P(A or B).

0.64
0.17
0.59
0.3

19. Let P (A) = 0.39, P (B) = 0.49, and P (A or B) = 0.55.

Find P(A and B).

0.991
0.88
0.1
0.33

20. Let P (A) = 0.36, P (B) = 0.51, and P (A and B) = 0.3.

Find P (A or B).

0.15
0.87
0.57
0.991

21. Let P (A) = 0.53, P (B) = 0.41, and P (A and B) = 0.31.

Find P(B - A).

0.63
0.1
 0.22
0.32

22. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.42, P(B) = 0.51, and P (A ∩ B) = 0.21.
Determine P(Ac) .

0.58
0.51
0.49
0.42

23. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.34, P(B) = 0.61, and P (A ∩ B) = 0.32.
Determine P(A ∪ B).

-0.27
0.63
1.27
0.37

24. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.56, P(B) = 0.31,
and P(A ∩ B) = 0.25.
Determine P(Ac ∩ B).

0.94
0.69
0.31
0.06

25. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.33, P(B) = 0.61,
and P(A ∩ B) = 0.23. Determine P(Ac ∪ B).
 0.9
0.1
0.62
0.38

26. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.31, P(B) = 0.31, P(C) = 0.31,
P(A ∩ B) = 0.11, P(A ∩ C) = 0.21, P(B ∩ C) = 0.13,
P(A ∩ B∩ C) = 0.08
Determine the value of P (only one event will occur).

0.44
0.21
0.56
0.27

27. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.31, P(B) = 0.31, P(C) = 0.31,
P(A ∩ B) = 0.11, P(A ∩ C) = 0.21, P(B ∩ C) = 0.17,
P(A ∩ B∩ C) = 0.06
Determine the value of P (at least two events will occur).

0.37
0.31
0.5
0.13

28. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.31, P(B) = 0.31, P(C) = 0.31,
P(A ∩ B) = 0.11, P(A ∩ C) = 0.18, P(B ∩ C) = 0.22,
P(A ∩ B∩ C) = 0.09
Find P[A ∩ (B ∪ C)] .

0.51
0.49
 0.44
0.2

29. Let A, B, and C be defined on the same sample space S such that:
P(A) = 0.31, P(B) = 0.31, P(C) = 0.31,
P(A ∩ B) = 0.11, P(A ∩ C) = 0.21, P(B ∩ C) = 0.2,
P(A ∩ B∩ C) = 0.08
Find P[(B ∪ C)c] .

0.2
0.42
0.8
0.58

30. Let A, B, and C be three mutually exclusive events, defined on the

same sample space such that
P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.41, P(C) = 0.19.
Find P (A ∪ B ∪ C) .

0.5
0.9
0.1
0

31. Three machines produce respectively 0.4,0.28,0.32 of the total

production of a given item at a certain factory.
The probabilities of producing a defective item on these machines are
0.07,0.04,0.03 respectively. An item is selected at random and
found non - defective.
Find the probability that the selected non-defective item is produced
by the Second machine.

0.283
0.326
0.293
0.391