Probability Assoc. Prof.

/ Ahmed Saad Rashed

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1- If the sample space of tossing a coin three times is given by:
𝑆𝑆 = {𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻, 𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻, 𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻, 𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻, 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇, 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇, 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇, 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇}
a- Find the set A to get at least one head (H).

b- Find the set B to get at least one tail (T).

c- Find the set C to get exactly two heads.

d- Find the set D to get exactly two tails.

e-Represent all sets by Venn diagram and find

𝑨𝑨 ∩ 𝑩𝑩, 𝑪𝑪 ∪ 𝑫𝑫, � , ����������

𝑨𝑨 ∩ 𝑩𝑩 ∩ 𝑪𝑪, 𝑫𝑫 (𝑨𝑨 ∩ 𝑩𝑩)

2- If the sample space of ten cards with numbers is

𝑆𝑆 = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
a- Find the set A to get odd numbers.

b- Find the set B to get even numbers.

c- Find the set C to get a card of one digit.

d- Find 𝐴𝐴 ∩ 𝐵𝐵, 𝐶𝐶̅ , 𝐴𝐴 ∩ 𝐵𝐵�, 𝐶𝐶̅ − 𝐴𝐴.

3- For the shown Venn diagram, represent the

following:

𝐴𝐴̅, (𝐴𝐴 ∩ 𝐵𝐵) ∪ 𝐶𝐶, (����������

𝐴𝐴 ∩ 𝐵𝐵) ∪ 𝐶𝐶 , ����������
(𝐵𝐵 ∪ 𝐶𝐶 )

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 Probability Assoc. Prof./ Ahmed Saad Rashed

4- Consider the following definitions of sets which are subsets

of positive-numbers sample space 𝑆𝑆 = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7, … };

𝐴𝐴 = {𝑥𝑥: 𝑥𝑥 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛}
𝐵𝐵 = {𝑦𝑦: 4 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 10}
𝐶𝐶 = {𝑎𝑎: 5 < 𝑎𝑎 < 12}
Find 𝐵𝐵�, 𝐶𝐶̅ , 𝐴𝐴 ∪ 𝐵𝐵, 𝐵𝐵 ∪ 𝐶𝐶, 𝐴𝐴 ∩ 𝐵𝐵, 𝐴𝐴 ∩ 𝐶𝐶, 𝐴𝐴̅ ∩ 𝐵𝐵