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DPP: PROBABILITY
1. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠
1
a. 1 b. 0 c. d. Not defined
3
2. 𝐴 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚. 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡.
3. 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓
𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 0.69. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔?
4. 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 3 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑?
5. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤:
Test 1 2 3 4 5
Percentage of marks obtained 69 71 73 68 74
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 70% 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠
𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡.
6. 𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 1 𝑡𝑜 20 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 3
𝑜𝑟 5 ?
7. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑚 9 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒?
8. 𝐴 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 6 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚.
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒?
9. 𝐴 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 8 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑔.
10. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 10 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 25 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠. 𝐴 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒?
11. Barry rolls a fair 6-sided die. Find the probability Barry rolls an odd number or a 6.
12. Two fair dice are thrown. Find the probability that the score on the first die is 6 or the score on the second
die is 5?
DPP: PROBABILITY
DPP: SOLUTIONS
1. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠
1
a. 1 b. 0 c. 3
d. Not defined
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
An impossible event is an event that is non-existing.
There is no possibility that it can happen.
Hence, the probability of occurrence is 0.
2. 𝐴 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚. 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡.
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡 = 26
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑙 = 5
𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 = 26 − 5 = 21
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 21
𝑃(𝐸) = number of possible outcome
= 26
3. 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓
𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 0.69. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ, 𝑃(𝐸) = 0.69
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 = 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑃(𝐸′) = 1 − 𝑃(𝐸)
= 1 − 0.69
= 0.31
4. 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 3 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 = [𝐻𝐻𝐻, 𝐻𝐻𝑇, 𝐻𝑇𝐻, 𝑇𝐻𝐻, 𝑇𝑇𝐻, 𝑇𝐻𝑇, 𝐻𝑇𝑇, 𝑇𝑇𝑇]
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 = 8.
DPP: PROBABILITY
𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 = 7
7
𝑃(𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑) = 8
OR
1 7
𝑃(𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑) = 1 − 𝑃(𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑) ⟹ 1 − 8 = 8
5. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤:
Test 1 2 3 4 5
Percentage of marks obtained 69 71 73 68 74
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 70% 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠
𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡.
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 5.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 70% 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 = 3.
3
𝑆𝑜, 𝑃 (𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 70% 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠) = = 0.6
5
6. 𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 1 𝑡𝑜 20 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 3
𝑜𝑟 5 ?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑆 = {1, 2, 3, 4, … … … .19, 20}.
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝐸 = 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 3 𝑜𝑟 5 = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 5, 10, 20}.
𝑛(𝐸) 9
∴ 𝑃(𝐸) = 𝑛(𝑆)
= 20.
7. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑚 9 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑛(𝑆) = (6 × 6) = 36.
DPP: PROBABILITY
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝐸 = 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑚 9 = {(3, 6), (4, 5), (5, 4), (6, 3)}.
𝑛(𝐸) 4 1
∴ 𝑃(𝐸) = 𝑛(𝑆)
= 36 = 9
8. 𝐴 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 6 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚.
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 = (6 + 8) = 14.
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 = 8
8 4
𝑃 (𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙) = 14 = 7
9. 𝐴 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 8 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑔.
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑛.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 = 8.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 = 𝑛 + 8.
𝑛
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 = .
𝑛+8
8
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 = .
𝑛+8
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑛
𝑛 1 8
𝑛+8
= 2. 𝑛+8
𝑜𝑟 𝑛 = 4.
𝑆𝑜, 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑖𝑠 4.
10. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 10 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 25 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠. 𝐴 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 = 10 + 25 = 35
DPP: PROBABILITY
10 10 2
𝑃(𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒) = = = .
(10+25) 35 7
11. Barry rolls a fair 6-sided die. Find the probability Barry rolls an odd number or a 6.
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
12. Two fair dice are thrown. Find the probability that the score on the first die is 6 or the score on
the second die is 5?
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
