Practice

1. Determine the probability of:

a) Tossing exactly two heads if a coin is tossed three times

b) Tossing at least two heads if a coin is tossed three times

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c) Rolling a total of 9 with a standard pair of dice I

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d) Rolling a total that is less than 6 with a standard pair of dice
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2. Calculate the odds in favour:
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If the probability of A is ?A
10: T
3. The odds in favour of the Argos winning the Grey Cup are 10:7.
a) What would be the winnings if a $2.00 bet is placed and the Argos win?
E $1.40
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b) How much money must one wager in order to win $20.00 if the Argos wins?

5 $28.57
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4. If a family is chosen at random from the set of all families with exactly two children, find the probability
that B
a) The family has two boys if it is known that one child is a boy -
P(AB) P(A) P(BIA) B2G +

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x
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* xP(BIA)
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b) The family has two boys if it is known that the first child is a boy - G- B -

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E*P(BIA) -G 2
5. If a committee of five is to be chosen randomly from 6 males and 8 females, what is the probability that the
committee is either all male or all female?
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6. A card is drawn from a deck of cards, and then a second card is drawn without replacing the first card.
1s+ c
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a) What is the probability of the first card is a heart?

Ob A 1stcard ( P(A) =
2nda) =

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B = and card CT A(ANB) =

b) What is the probability of the second is also a heart?
P(B(A) U(B(A)=
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7. The probability of its raining this morning is 0.1. if it rains, the probability that Gen will be late for school is
B ?
C
; otherwise, the probability is D. What is the probability that Gen will be late for school?

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Learning Goal: Revisit Venn Diagrams
Mutually Exclusive and Non-mutually Exclusive Events:

Mutually Exclusive Events (Disjoint) Non-Mutually Exclusive Events

( (* ∪ ,) = ((*) + ((,) ( (* ∪ ,) = ( (*) + ( (,) − ((* 123 ,)

Events:

((* ∩ ,) = ((*) × ((,)

Practice:
1. Everyone in a doctor’s office is suffering from a cold or a hangmail. 13 have a cold, 8 have a hangnail, and 5
have both. What is the probability that a patient in the doctor’s office is having cold only?

only

ahagnasuscold
n(S) +6 (cold only)
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P = I

n(s)
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only =5
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only) 3 t
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(tangmail
n =

2. A survey of a machine shop reveals the following information about its employees, if an
a employee is selected,
what is the probability that the employee is a cleaner?
44 employees can run a lathe
49 employees can run the milling machines
56 employees can operate a punch press
27 employees can run a lathe and a milling machine
19 employees can run a milling machine and operate a punch press
24 employees can run a lathe and operate a punch press
10 employees can operate all three machines
9 employees cannot operate any of the three (the cleaners)
n (s)=98 P (cleaner) g=

3. On the first day of school, a teacher surveyed the students in her class to find out who owned drawing
instrucments. There are 35 students in the class and all have at least one instrument. If a teacher selects a
student, what is the probability that the student has square only?
20 had compasses

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12 had compasses and protractors
17 had protractors
x 35-5-5-3-7-3-2
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7 had squares and protractors x 35-25 =

10 had compasses and squares X 10 =

5 had all three instruments i.n (Square) 10 =

n (sample space) = 35

PIsquare)= b E =
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