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This document contains 18 probability and statistics problems. The problems cover a range of topics including counting principles, independence, conditional probability, binomial and multinomial distributions, and probability distributions. Several problems involve calculating probabilities for events related to random experiments with coins, dice, cards, samples, or simulations.

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Test Set 2

This document contains 18 probability and statistics problems. The problems cover a range of topics including counting principles, independence, conditional probability, binomial and multinomial distributions, and probability distributions. Several problems involve calculating probabilities for events related to random experiments with coins, dice, cards, samples, or simulations.

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Probability and Statistics

Test Set 2
1. If 6 balls are placed at random into 6 cells, find the probability that exactly one
cell remains empty.
2. Let event E be independent of events F, F G and F G . Show that E is
independent of G.
3. A pair of dice is rolled until a sum of 7 or an even number appears. Find the
probability that a 7 appears first.
4. In a certain colony, 65% of the families own a car, 35% own a computer and 25%
own both a car and a computer. If a family is randomly chosen, what is the
probability that this family owns a car or a computer but not both?
5. A survey of people in given region showed that 25% drank regularly. The
probability of death due to liver disease, given that a person drank regularly, was 6
times the probability of death due to liver disease, given that a person did not
drank regularly. If the probability of death due to liver disease in the region is
0.005, what is the probability of death due to liver disease given that a person
drank regularly?
6. Show that if P(A | B) = 1, then P(BC | AC ) = 1.
7. If P(Ac) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3 and P(ABc) = 0.3, find P(B / ABc).
8. In a ternary communication channel, let Ti denote the event "Digit i is transmitted"
and let Ri denote the event "Digit i is received" for i = 1, 2, 3. Assume that a 3 is
transmitted three times more frequently than a 1, and a 2 is transmitted twice as
often as 1. (i) If a one has been received, what is the probability that a 1 was sent?
(ii) Find the probability of a transmission error. (iii) Find the probability that digit
i is received for i = 1, 2, 3.
9. In any given year a male automobile policyholder will make a claim with
probability pm and a female automobile policyholder will make a claim with
probability pf, where pm pf. The fraction of policyholders that are male is ,
0 < < 1. A policyholder is randomly chosen and Ai denotes the probability that
this policyholder will make a claim in the year i, i = 1, 2,. Find P(A1) and
P(A2|A1) and show that P(A2|A1) > P(A1).
10. Which of the following statements is true?
(i) P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.7, P(A B) = 0.5, P(A B) = 0.5.
(ii) P(A) = 0.5, P(A B) = 0.7, A and B are independent, P(B) = 0.4.
(iii) P(A) = 0.2, P(A B) = 0.9, A and B are disjoint, P(B) = 0.6.
(iv) none of these.
11. Four players A, B, C and D are distributed thirteen cards each at random from a
complete deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that player C has all four
Jacks?

12. Each coefficient in the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is determined by throwing an


ordinary die. Find the probability that the equation will have real roots.
13. An Integrated M.Sc. student has to take 5 courses a semester for 10 semesters. In
each course he/she has a probability 0.5 of getting an Ex grade. Assuming the
grades to be independent in each course, what is the probability that he/she will
have all Ex grades in at least one semester.
14. If P(A) > 0, show that P(A B | A) P(A B | A B).

15. Let S = {1, 2, , n} and suppose that A and B are, independently, equally likely
to be any of the 2n subsets (including) the null set and S itself) of S. Let X denote
the number of elements of B. Find P(X = i), P(A B | X = i), P(A B) and
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deduce that P(A B ) .
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16. A question paper consists of eight True-False and two multiple choice (A, B, C,
D) questions. Each question carries one mark for the correct answer and zero for
wrong answer. Assume that an unprepared student answers all questions
independently with guess. What is the probability that he/she will score at least 9
marks?
17. Four tennis players A, B, C, D have the probabilities of winning a tournament as
P(A) = 0.35, P(B) = 0.15, P(C) = 0.3, P(D) = 0.2. Before the tournament, the
player B is injured and withdraws. Find the new probabilities of winning the
tournament for A, C and D.
18. In 2n tosses of a fair coin, what is the probability that more tails occur than the
heads?

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