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/ What is the probability of getting 53 Sundays ina leap year? a4 - X Choose a number at random from 1105. (i) What is the probability of each outcome? ‘/ ie Gi) What is the probability that the number chosen is even? He 5 (iii) What is the probability that the number chosen is odd? 3/g7 (iv) Is the sum of probabilities in (ii) and (iii) one? If yes, in so?) & No wt 3,Axre the following statements true or false? If false, explain why itis false. (i). The probability that a mineral sample will contain silver is 0.38 and the probability that it will not contain silveris 0.52. Fale Sem wht eve (ii) © The probability that a drilling operation will be a success is 0.34 and the probability that it will not be a success is-0.66. gabe, “pale cast be: -ve. MA lottery sells tickets numbered from 00001 throush $0000. What is the probability of drawing a number that is divisible by 2000? _\— 2000 5. A campus police department needs new bicycles for its patiol persons and the:probabilities are 0.17, 0.22, 0.03, 0.29, 0.21 and 0.08 that it will buy Bianshe, Cannonhill, Fishin, Giante, Tree, or H.T. Find the probability that the department buys (— Cannonhill or Tree 04 ') Bianshe, Giante or Tree 0.67 (iii) anything other than Fishin or HT 0-89 When we roll a pair of balanced dice, what ate the probabilities of getting (5 G10 iii) 3 or10 (iv)20r12 (w)asumgreater than 3 (vi) an even sum yeu alts jar contains 66d, 5 green blue and 3 yellow marbles. If two marbles are taken at random from the jar with replacement, what is the probability of choosing () ~ ared marble and a yellow marble? £2 =" | Gi) 2 green marbles? SxS5=a5, “2 * Gi) ablue marble and a red marbid)'a% 8 * 45 (iv) 2yellow marbles? 342. > aa* me oR ind the esrresponding probabilities in the previous problem with the assumption that marbles are taken without replacement? whys BY e 55 ga aye ahr oa aA Ww 9. When a‘computer goes down, there is a 75% @hifce that it is df to an over load and a 15% chance that it is due to a software problem. There is an 85% chance that it is due to an overload or a software problem. What i the robb that both ofthese probles ae a fale? Wht js the probity that there is a sof} ware proplem but no over load? (AY &)= 0» (A095, Ply) = 0.15, ASeEESH Bes (iatele id Ponn=08, PANE 2 play Fan) = 19 supervisor of a group of 20 construction workers wants to get the opinion of two of them (to be selected at random) about certain new safety regulations. If 12 workers favor the new regulations and the other 8 are against them, what is the probability that both of the workers chosen by the supervisor will be against the new safety regulations? ie 124 8 ey, wr a5 9 22 JIE) 2 HA AL) orp y, (O (WO -Mont)= 018 «1. The probability that a new airport will get an award for its design is 0. Gaye .16, the probability that it will get ‘an award forthe efficient use of materials is 0.24, and the probability that it will get both awards fe 0.11 (i) What is the probability that it will get atleast one of the two awards? %ove)= 0.29 Gi) What is the probability that it will get only one of the two awards? Plus -tlpne) 0.18 (iii) Find the probability thatthe airport will get the design award given RYEX ged the paced for efficient use of materials. AE) = oo fy (iv) Find the probabitity thatthe airport will gt the awaed for efficient use of matgsals give it didn’t get the award for design. G “I a) = pee 2 Oe 220 B/Z8 WILD GAZ a 12. The following table gives the number of vehicles in a showroom edeforizéd in terms of performance ie and looks. ELE 2lpvy JB: Performance MA) ge Cl 2) 7 Excellent [Good Poor MLD = 7800, MAS 9 op Excellent 45 32 1 ‘ de Looks | Good 38 7 2 Hla =4f La) ere Poor 12 3 0 “40 } oe [a= Ob die IFA represents the event of selecting a vehiéle with selecting a vehicle with excellent looks, find the following probabilit P(AUB), P(ASB®), P(A/B), P(A/B). 13. The probability that an integrated cifeuit chip will have defective etel will have a crack defect is 0.29, and the probability that it has both de @_ Whatis the probability i) What is the probabilit (ii)What is the probability that has d (iv) What is the probability that has a 14. A coin is tossed and a single 6-sided die is rolled, coin and rolling a 3 on the die. tot Z : So 15. A card is chosen at random from a deck What is the probability of choosing a jack ihd the probability of 52’cards. It is then repla and an eight? 16. Spin a spinner numbered 1 to 7, and toss a coin. What i spinner and a tail on the coin? Eeicbird a Wy excellent performance: that a newly manufactured chip will have either an etching or a crack det y that a newly manufacturéd chip will have neither defect 2 lefective etching will also have a crack detect 9) 2 crack defect will also have a defective etching and B represéiits the event 6 ities: P(A), P(B), P(AMB),- P(A), hing is 0.12; the probability that it 93 fective is 0.07 vo Si p03 ye bb Foo ifora-— Ip 1022 7o.2.90h of landing on the head side of the iced and a second card is chosen. A x2 = 9,01) Ba Gyr? = 000, s the probability of getting an odd number on the 17. TEP(A) = 0.8, P(BS) = 0.65 and P(AMB) = 0.28, are the events A and B independent? sBau rsh PCB) 2 0138S, PCA) PCE)= (a€)le.25) =p, 280 = PLANS) — a 18. Suppose that P(A/B) = 0.2, P(A/B') = 0.3 and P(B) 8, What is P (A) = PCB) Plain) + FET PALS = fo. 19. Find the mera of getting g @) 8 heads in a row with a balanced coin. (5) ronoe (ii) Three 3s and then a 4 or a 5 in 4 rolls of a balanced die. RTF EPS Gi) 5 multiple-choice questions answered érrectly, if for « answering itconetlyis 13. ply § 20. Suppose 2% of cotton fabric rolls and 3% manufacturer, 70% are cotton and 30% are nylon. Wéhat is the probabil used by the manufacturer conjains flaws? Bm event ef Chueticy Citen JB) 07 | - a 3PlBr) = 0s Ream xe, P(AIB Y= O02. A> trent A chery planPlars) © fe ‘G 20 1b 0-06 e f02) (079069 “Da ae ae 65 ach question the probability of of nylon, fabric rolls contain flaws. Of the rolls used bya ility that a randomly selected roll , P(ALBa)= 0:02- PUB PCAIBY) = 01023 py afer” ‘fa i le ree a TLE eee, re eng (0Gz) = ots ~ Jewett Eegeey, p03 gle) 21. The edge roughness of slit paper products increases as knife blades w&. Only 1% of the products slit 24, 2s. 26. ae 28. 29, (& Pte £2)=1-, Ge) PIx7-?) = EPC @) PA a x-r)- PC €)-FM)= ) ye." ~2244-1 with the new blades have rough edges, 3% of products slit with blades of average sharpness exhibit roughness, and 5% of products slit with wom blades exhibit roughness. If 25% of the blades in manufacturing are new, 60% are of average sharpness and 15% are worn, what is the proportion of products that exhibit edge roughness? ‘A certain firm has plants A, B and C producing, respectively, 35%, 15% and 50%, of the total output. The probabilities of a non-defective product are, respectively, 0.75,0.95 and0.85. Ifa consumer receives adefective product, what isthe probaly hag eye am lant C. =0°F72 PI OES, IAA a8 Fk. Customers are used to evaluate preliminary product designs. In the past, 95% of highly successful produets received good reviews, 60% of moderately successful produets received good reviews and 10% of poor products received good reviews. Ih addition, 40% of products have been highly successful, 35% have been moderately successful and 25% have been poor products. $ (i) Whatis the probability that a product attains a goodreview? pofaf P= 4/5 Gi) “If a new design attains a good review, what is the probability that it will be a highly successful product? . 95. % = , Pala en = 06/78 Bean seeds from supplier-A have 85% germination rate and those from supplier-B have a 75% germination rate. A’sced packing company purchased 40% of the bean seeds from the supplier-A and 60% from supplier-B and mixed these seeds together, Given that a seed germinates, find the probability that the seed was purchased fi lier B. 5b, nese naps fom apie oy wy , A computer center has three printers A, B and C, which print at different speeds. Programs are routed to the first available printer. The probability that a program is routed to printers A, B, C are 0.6, 0.3 and 0.1 respectively. Occasionally a printer will jam and destroy a printout. The probability that printers A, B, C will jam is 0.01, 0.05 and 0.04 respectively. Your program is destroyed when a printer jams. What is the probability that printer A is involved? What is the probability that printer B is jnvolved? What is the probability that printer C is involved? 7, (4 WE) =.0:24, H/B/E)i0-b plele)=o 4b ; Three major parties A, B, C are contending for power in the election’ of a state and the chance of their ‘winning the election is in the ratio 1: 3: 5. The parties A, B, C respectively have probabilities of banning the online lottery 2/3, 1/3, 3/5. What is the probability that there will be a ban. on the online lottery in the state? What is the probability the banis from party C2 6) tf [a Fao id ela fy 0 Bw 2 Qouillteite case” Pag” Suppose that P(A/B) = 0.4 , P(A/BS) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.8. Determine P(B/A). AA)= P(e) pla) + PUR Plali)=0,32-4 0108 = 3 Suppose that P(A/B) = 0.7:, P(A) = ).5 and P(B) = If X is a discrete tasting variable which takes the values ~2, -1, 0, 1 and Z andy the corresponding probability mass function is given by : Rie eee te Ol ee Mena? f@): V8 28 28 28 18. Find @) PUY S2) O)P(X >-2) ()PCISX SI) (d)P(X S-l or X=2) ‘Cuasultivve Distibation Finetion-of X 3 (e) Cumulative Distribution Function of. eI fy : epticx 2) =PU,0,02 Ye. a 2,1, 2)=He-Ya ©, 4e-2

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