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From the book read and practice both chapters solved problems and chapter end problems as per
class topic given.
1. Assume that a population consists of “5” students and marks obtained by them in a certain
statistics class are 20, 15, 12, 16, and 18. Draw all possible random samples of “2” students when
sampling is performed.
a) With replacement b) without replacement and (C) Calculate the probability of the sum of
the pair sample is odd with and without?
2. Afar coin is tossed twice such that E: event of having both head and tail, and F: event of having
at most one tail Find P (E), P(F) and P(E/F) ?
3. In a class, 40% of the students like Mathematics and 25% of students like Physics and 15% like
both the subjects. One student select at random, find the probability that he likes Physics if it is
known that he likes Mathematics.
4 Two dice are rolled, if it is known that at least one of the dice always shows 4, find the probability
that the numbers appeared on the dice have a sum 8.
5. A bag contains 3 red and 7 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement. If
the second ball is red, what is the probability that the first ball is also red (multiple conditional
probability)?
6. A dice and a coin are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of obtaining a 6, given that a
head came up?
7. Two dice are rolled, if it is known that the second dice always shows 4, find the probability that
the numbers appeared on the dice have a sum 6.
8. If P(A) = 2P(B) = 4/13 and P(A|B) = ⅔, find the value of P(A U B).
9. Consider the following contingency table.
Right-handed Left-handed Total
Male 0.41 0.08 0.49
Female 0.45 0.06 0.51
Total 0.86 0.14 1
Find the probability that a randomly selected person is (a) a male given that she is right-handed,
(b) Right-handed given that she is a male;

(c) a female given that she is left-handed

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(d) Are the events being a female and being left-handed independent? Justify.

10. For three events A, B, and C, we know that

 A and C are independent,
 B and C are independent,
 A and B are disjoint,
 P(AUB)=2/3, P(BUC)=3/4,P(AUBUC)=11/12
Find P (A), P (B), and P(C)?

11. In my town, it's rainy one third of the days. Given that it is rainy, there will be heavy traffic
with probability 1/2, and given that it is not rainy, there will be heavy traffic with probability 1/4.
If it's rainy and there is heavy traffic, I arrive late for work with probability 1/2. On the other hand,
the probability of being late is reduced to 1/8 if it is not rainy and there is no heavy traffic. In other
situations (rainy and no traffic, not rainy and traffic) the probability of being late is 0.25. You pick
a random day.

a. What is the probability that it's not raining and there is heavy traffic and I am not late?
b. What is the probability that I am late?
c. Given that I arrived late at work, what is the probability that it rained that day?

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