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Tutorial sheet-II

B.Tech (CSE, IT & ECE) & B.Sc (CS) IV Semester


Probability and Statistics (MAF202)
DIT University, Dehradun

1. Three unbiased coins are tossed. Find the probability of getting


3
(a) exactly two heads, (Ans. 8)
7
(b) at least one tail, (Ans. 8)
7
(c) at most two heads, (Ans. 8)
1
(d) a head on the second coin, (Ans. 2)
3
(e) exactly two heads in succession (Ans. 8 ).

2. A fair dice is thrown. Find the probability of getting


1
(a) an even number, (Ans. 2)
1
(b) a perfect square, (Ans. 3)
2
(c) an integer greater than or equal to 3. (Ans. 3)

3. A class consists of 6 girls and 10 boys. If a committee of three is chosen at random from
the class, find the probability that
3
(a) three boys are selected, (Ans. 14 )
15
(b) exactly two girls are selected (Ans. 16 ).

4. From a collection of 10 bulbs, of which 4 are defective, 3 bulbs are selected at random and
fitted into lamps. Find the probability that
1
(a) all three bulbs glow, (Ans. 6)
29
(b) the room is lit. (Ans. 30 )

5. A bag contains 5 red, 4 blue, and m green balls. If the probability of getting two green
balls when two balls are selected at random is 17 find m.
Ans. m = 6

6. Two cards are drawn from a pack of cards. Find the probability that they will be both
red or both pictures.
188
Ans. 663

7. The probability that a contractor will get a plumbing contract is 23 and the probability
that he will not get an electric contract is 59 If the probability of getting any one contract
is 54 what is the probability that he will get both the contracts?
14
Ans. 45

8. Find the probability of drawing a queen and a king from a pack of cards in two consecutive
draws, the cards drawn not being replaced.
4
Ans. 663

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9. A cricket club has 15 members, of whom only 5 can bowl. If the names of 15 members
are put into a box and 11 are drawn at random. Calculate the probability of obtaining an
eleven containing at least 3 bowlers.
12
Ans. 13

10. If P (A ∪ B) = 0.65 and P (A ∩ B) = 0.15, find P (A) + P (B).


11. The probability that a student pass a certain exam is 0.9 given that he studied. The
probability that he passes the exam without studying is 0.2. Assume that the probability
that student studies for an exam is 0.75. Given that the students passes the exam, what
is the probability that he studied.
2 1 4
Ans. 5, 2 and 5

12. An urn contains 10 red, 5 white and 5 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. Find
the probability that they are not of the same colour.
25
Ans. 38

13. A bag A contains 2 white and 3 red balls, and a bag B contains 4 white and 5 red balls.
One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it is found to be red. Find the
probability that the red ball is drawn from the bag B.
25
Ans. 52 .

14. Of three persons the chances that a politician, a businessman, or an academician would
be appointed the Vice Chancellor (VC) of a university are 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 respectively. Prob-
abilities that research is promoted by these persons if they are appointed as VC are 0.3,
0.7, 0.8 respectively.
(i) Determine the probability that research is promoted.
(ii) If research is promoted, what is the probability that the VC is an academician?
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Ans. (i) 0.52; (ii) 13

15. A businessman goes to hotels X, Y, Z for 20 %, 50 %, 30 % of the time respectively. It is


known that 5 %, 4 %, 8 % of the rooms in X, Y, Z hotels have faulty plumbings. What is
the probability that the businessmans room having faulty plumbing is assigned to Hotel
Z?
4
Ans. 9

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