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MALAR TUITION, ARAKKONAM

SUBJECT: MATHS CHAPTER 13 PROBABILITY


1. Probability of solving specific problem independently by A and B are 1/2 and 1/3 respectively. If both
try to solve the problem independently,find the probability that (i) the problem is solved (ii) exactly one
of them solves the problem.
2. A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 5 times. He throws a pair of different coins and reports
that he got a pair of heads. Find the probability that a pair of heads occurs.

3.There are three coins. One is a two headed coin (having head on both faces), another is a biased coin
that comes up heads 75% of the time and third is an unbiased coin. One of the three coins is chosen at
random and tossed, it shows heads, what is the probability that it was the two
headed coin ?

4. Bag I contain 3 red and 4 black balls and Bag II contains 4 red and 5 black balls. One ball is transferred
from Bag I to Bag II and then a ball is drawn from Bag II. The ball so drawn is found to be red in colour.
Find the probability that the transferred ball is black.

5. There are two coins. One of them is a biased coin such that
P (head) : P (tail) is 1 : 3 and the other coin is a fair coin. A coin is
selected at random and tossed once. If the coin showed head, then find the probability that it is a biased
coin.

6. The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below :


X 1 2 3
P(X) 𝑘 𝑘 𝑘
2 3 6

(i) Find the value of k. (ii) Find P(1 X < 3). (iii) Find E(X), the mean of X

7. An urn contains 10 black and 5 white balls. Two balls are drawn from the urn one after
the other without replacement, then find the probability that both drawn balls are black.
8. In a hostel, 60% of the students read Hindi newspaper, 40% read English newspaper and
20% readboth Hindi and English newspaper. A student is selected at random.
a. If she reads Hindi newspaper, find the probability that she reads English newspaper.
b. If she reads English newspaper, find the probability that she reads Hindi newspaper.
9. In a group of 50 scouts in a camp, 30 are well trained in first aid techniques while the
remaining are well trained in hospitality but not in first aid. Two scouts are selected at random
from the group. Find the probability distribution of number of selected scouts who are well
trained in first aid.
10. An urn contains 5 white and 8 white black balls. Two successive drawing of three balls at a
time are made such that the balls are not replaced before the second draw. Find the probability
that the first draw gives 3 white balls and second draw gives 3 black balls.
11. Two numbers are selected at random (without replacement) from first 7 natural numbers. If X
denotes the smaller of the two numbers obtained, find the probability distribution of X.
12. There are three coins, one is a two headed coin (having head on both the faces), another is a
biased coin that comes up heads 75% of the time and the third is an unbiased coin. One of the
three coins is chosen at random and tossed. If it shows head. What is probability that it was the
two headed coin?

13. Case-Study 1: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
An electric circuit includes a device that gives energy to the charged particles constituting the
current, such as a battery or a generator; devices that use current, such as lamps, electric motors,
or

computers; and the connecting wires or transmission lines.


An electric circuit consists of two subsystems say A and B as shown below:

For previous testing procedures, the following probabilities are assumed to be


known. P(A fails) = 0.2, P(B fails alone) = 0.15, P(A and B fail) = 0.15
Based on the above information answer the following questions:
a. What is the probability that B fails? [1]
b. What is the probability that A fails alone? [1]
c. Find the probability that the whole of the electric system fails? [2]
OR
Find the conditional probability that B fails when A has already failed. [2]

14. Case-Study 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
In a town, it’s rainy one-third of the day. Given that it is rainy, there will be heavy traffic with
probability 1/2. 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 heavy traffic, net rainy and heavy traffic), the probability of being late is
1/4.You pick a random day.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:


(i) What is the probability that it’s not raining and there is heavy traffic and I am not late?
(ii) What is the probability that I am late?
(iii) Given that I arrived late at work, what is the probability that it rained that day?
OR
(iii) If P(not A) = 0.7, P(B) = 0.7 and P(B/A) = 0.5, then find the P(A/B

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