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    MSO 201a: Probability and Statistics

    2016-2017-II Semester
    Assignment-I

    A. Illustrative Discussion Problems

    1. (i) Let = {0, 1, 2, . . .}. In each of the following cases, verify if (, P(), P ) is a
    probability space:
    (a) P (A) = xA e x /x!, A P(), > 0;
    P

    (b) P (A) = 0, if A has a finite number of elements, and P (A) = 1, if A has infinite
    number of elements, A P().
    (ii) Let (, P(), P ) be a probability space and let A, B, C, D P(). Suppose that
    P (A) = 0.6, P (B) = 0.5, P (C) = 0.4, P (A B) = 0.3, P (A C) = 0.2, P (B C) =
    0.2, P (A B C) = 0.1, P (B D) = P (C D) = 0, P (A D) = 0.1 and P(D)=0.2.
    Find:
    (a) P (A B C) and P (Ac B c C c ); (b) P ((A B) C) and P (A (B C));
    (c) P ((Ac B c ) C c ) and P ((Ac B c ) C c ); (d) P (D B C) and P (A C D);
    (e) P (A B D) and P (A B C D); (f) P ((A B) (C D)).

    2. Suppose that n ( 3) persons P1 , . . . , Pn are made to stand in a row at random.


    Find the probability that there are exactly r persons between P1 and P2 ; here
    r {1, 2, . . . , n 2}.

    3. Suppose that we have n ( 2) letters and corresponding n addressed envelopes. If


    these letters are inserted at random in n envelopes, find the probability that no letter
    is inserted into the correct envelope. Find the approximate value of this probability
    when there are n = 50 letters.

    4. Let = (0, 1] and let probability function P be such that P ((a, b]) = b a, where
    0 a < b 1.
    (a) Show that {b} = 1
    n=1 (b n+1 , b], b (0, 1];
    (b) Show that P ({b}) = 0, b (0, 1];
    (c) Show that, for any countable set A P(), P (A) = 0;
    (d) For n N, let An = (0, n1 ] and Bn = ( 12 + n+2 1
    , 1]. Verify that An , Bn ,
    P (limn An ) = limn P (An ) and P (limn Bn ) = limn P (Bn ).

    5. Consider four coding machines M1 , M2 , M3 and M4 producing binary codes 0 and


    1. The machine M1 produces codes 0 and 1 with respective probabilities 14 and 43 .
    The code produced by machine Mk is fed into machine Mk+1 (k = 1, 2, 3) which
    may either leave the received code unchanged or may change it. Suppose that each
    of the machines M2 , M3 and M4 change the code with probability 34 . Given that the

    1
    machine M4 has produced code 1, find the conditional probability that the machine
    M1 produced code 0.

    6. A student appears in the examinations of four subjects Biology, Chemistry, Physics


    and Mathematics. Suppose that probabilities of the student clearing examinations
    in these subjects are 12 , 13 , 14 and 15 respectively. Assuming that the performances of
    the student in four subjects are independent, find the probability that the student
    will clear examination(s) of
    (a) all the subjects; (b) no subject; (c) exactly one subject;
    (d) exactly two subjects; (e) at least one subject.

    7. For independent events A1 , A2 , . . . (i.e., any finite sub-collection of {A1 , A2 , . . .} is a


    collection of independent events), show that:

    \ P
    P( Aci ) e i=1 P (Ai )
    .
    i=1

    Hence show that if


    P
    i=1 P (Ai ) = , then with certainty atleast one of the events
    A1 , A2 , . . . will occur.

    8. Let A, B and C be three events such that P (B C) > 0. Prove or disprove each of
    the following:
    (a) P (A B|C) = P (A|B C)P (B|C); (b) P (A B|C) = P (A|C)P (B|C) if A and
    B are independent events.

    B. Practice Problems from the Text Book

    Problem Nos.: 3.11, 3.13, 3.14, 3.17, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.14, 4.18, 4.20, 4.21, 4.25, 4.30, 4.31,
    4.34.

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