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PROBABILITY
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1.The probability that a contractor will get a plumbing contract is 2/3 anid an
electric contract is 4/9 ,f probability of getting atleast one contract is 4/5, find
the probability that he will get both the contracts
2.In a certain city, the probability of not reading the morning newspoper by the
residents is # and that of not reading evening newspaper is 2/5 > the
probability of reading both the newspapers is 1/5 .Find the probability that @
resident reads either the morning or evening or both the papers
3.if p(AU B) = 0.6 and p(An B) = 0.2, find p(A) + p(B))
1
4.If A and B are two events having P(A UB)
of ine
and p(A) = 3 find the probability
5.Two students Anil and Ashima appeared in an examination .The probability
that Anil will qualify the examination is 0.05, and that Ashima will qualify is 0.1
& both will qualify is 0.02 .Find the probability that
@.both Aniland Ashima will not qualify the exom
b.Atleast one of them will not qualify the exam, and
.Only one of them will qualify the exam
6.The probability that a student will pass the final examination in both English
and Hindi is 0.5 and the probability of passing neither is 0.1. If the probability of
passing of passing the English examination is 0.75 what is the probability of
passing the Hindi examination.
7.A fair die is thrown once .What is the probability that either an even number
fa number greater than three will turn up
&.A bag contains 20 balls numbered form 1 to 20. One ball is drawn at random
{from the bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is marked with a
number which is a multiple of 3 or 4
9.4 card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of playing cards. What is the
probability that it is either a spade or an ace or both10.A bag contains 150 nuts and 50 bolts Half of the bolts and half of the nuts
are rusted .One item is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability thoy
itis either rusted ora bolt
11.Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting an even number on
the first die or a total of 8
12.Two fair dice are thrown once. What isthe probability that the sum of two
numbers is divisible by 3 or 4
13-Two fair dice are rolled. Find the proboblty that neither a doublet nor @
total of 10 is obtained
14.Two cards are drawn at random form a pack of 52 cards .Find the
Probability that the. ‘Cards are either both red or both axes act>
15. box contains 30 bolts and 40 nuts.Halfof the bolts and holf of the nuts
are rusted .If two items are drawn at random, find the probability that either
both are rusted or both are bolts
apron,
16.An integer is chosen at random fag the numbers 1 to 50.What isthe
Probability that the integer chosen is a multiple of 2 or 3 or 10
Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events
17-There are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events E, Ey and E the
odds are 8:3 against E, and 2:5 in favour of E. Find the odds against £,
18.For a post three persons A,B and C appear in the interview .The probability
of A being selected is twice that of B and the probability of 8 being selected is
thrice that of C.if the post is filled , what are the probabilities of A,B and C
being selected
13.In a race , the probabilities of A and B winning the race are 1/3 and 1/6
respectively. Find the probability of neither of them winning the race
19.4 card is drawn at random form a pack of 52 cards .What is the probability
that the cards drawn is neither a spade or a queen
‘Type 2 sum based on conditional probability
20.10% of the bulbs produced in a factory are of red colour and 2% are red and
defective .if one bulb is picked up at random ,determine the probability ofits
defective if it isreda dsssb ,20% of students failed in English, 15% of the students
foedin mathematics and 10% ofthe students aed in bth Engish and
matics .A student is selected at random .jf he failed in English what is
Probability that he also failed in Mathematics
22.In a college ,70% students pass in Physics, 75% pass in Mathematics and
410% students fil in both .One student is chosen at random. What is the
probability that
‘.He passes in Physics and Mathematics
b.He passes in Mathematics given that he passes in Physics
. He passes in Physics given that he passes in Mathemnatiics
23{jLA die is thrown twice and the sum of the numbers appearing is observed
to be 7 .What is the conditional probability that the number 2 has appeared
atleast once
(iiyTen cards numbered 1 to 10 are placed in a box ,and one card is drawn
randomly.lfit is known that the number on the card drawn is more than 3
what is the probability that it is an even number
‘24.Assume that each child born is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. If a family
has two children ,then what is the conditional probability that both are
girls,given that
‘a.The youngest is 0 girl bAtleast one is a girl
25.A pair of dice is thrown and the product of the numbers is observed o be
even. What is the probability that both dice have come up with even numbers
26.A black and red die are rolled
(i)Find the conditional probability of obtaining a sum greater than 9 ,given that
the black die resulted in o number “5”
{ii)Find the conditional probability of obtaining the sum 8 ,given that the red die
resulted in a number less than 4
27.Given that the numbers appearing on throwing two dice are different .Find
the probability of the event ‘the sum of the numbers on the dice is 4”
28.A die is thrown 3 times .Events A and B are defined as below
A: 40n the third row 8:6 on the first and 5 on the second throwFind the probability of A given that B has already occured
29.A die is thrown 3 times .Events A and B are defined as below
A’S on the first and 6 on the second throw 8:3 or 4 on the third throw
30.4 die is thrown 3 times,if the frst throw isa four ,then find the probability of
getting 15 as.a sum
31.10 0 school there are 1000 students, out of which 430 are girls.It is known
{hat out of 430, 10% of the girs study in class Xil.What Is the probability that a
Student chosen randomly studies in class XI! given that the chosen student is 0
gift
32.A committee of 4 students is selected at random from a group of 8 boys and
4 girls Given that there is atleast one girl on the committee calculate the
probability that there are exactly 2 girls on the committee
33. A committee of 4 persons has to be chosen from 8 boys and 6 girls
consisting of atleast one girl .Find the probability that the committee consist of
‘more girls than boys
34.An electronic assembly consists of two subsystems A and B Post testing
procedures dats show that probabilities of foilure are
PIA foils) = 0.2,P(B fails alone) = 0.15,P(A and B fail) = 0.15
Evaluate (i) P(A fails | 6 has failed) _(i)P(A fails alone)
35.A die is thrown .If Eis the event “the number is a multiple is 3” and F the
event “ the number appearing is even” , then verify wheather events are
independent or not
36 Evaluate P(A U B)if 2.P(A) = P(B) = Zand P(AlB) =2
37.An instructor has a question bank consisting of 300 rue/False questions ,500
easy multiple choice questions and 400 difficult multiple choice questions If a
question is selected at random from the question bank then what is the
probability that it will be an easy question given itis a multiple choice question
Type 3: Independent Events
38.Two dice are thrown simultaneously fA be the event ‘getting 6 on the first
die’ and B be the event ‘ getting 2 on second die’, then are the events A and 8
independent39.An unbiased
die is throw 4
throw’ and B the even nie Let the event A be ‘ode number on the ist
“odd number on / in
Of the events A and B second throw’ .Check the independence
40.Given that the events A and B are such thot
PCA) = 3 PCB) = p,P(AU B) =. Find pif and 8 are
(Mutually exclusive (ijindependent
4LIFA and 8 are two independent events with P(A)=0.3 and P{8)=0.6 then find
(i)P(A and B) (ii)P(A and not 8) (iti)P(A or B) (iv)Plneither A nor B)
42. IFA and B are two independent events such that
P(A NB) =2 and P(A B) = 2,then find P(A) and P(B)
43.A and 8 are two candidates seeking admission in a college .The probobility
that Ais selected is 0.7 and the probability that exactly one of them is selected
is 0.6 .Find the probability that B is selected
44,A speaks truth in 60% of the cases while B in 90% of the cases .in what
percent of cases are likely to contradicting each other in stating the same fact ?
In the cases of contradiction do you think the statement of b will carry more
weight as he speaks truth in more number of cases than A
45.Probability of solving a specific problem independently by A ond B are 1/2
‘and 1/3 respectively .If both try to solve the problem independently ,then find
the probability that
(i) the problem is solved (iJExactly one of them solves the problem
46.Two horses are considered for a rrace.The probability of selection of the first
horse is % and that of the second is 1/3 .What is the probability that
a.Both of them will be selected b.Only one of them will be selected
canone of them will be selected
47.An article manufactured by a company consists of two parts A and B .In the
process of manufacture of part A ,9 out of 104 parts may be defective , similarly
5 out of 100 parts are likely to be defective in the manufacture of part B.
Calculate the probability that the article manufactured will not be defective«times in 5 shots ,B hits 3 times in 4 shots and C hits
48.The probability that teacher will give an unannounced | a eae ae
meeting is 1/5. Ifa student is absent twice then find the probability
‘student will miss atleast one test
49-A candidate is selected for interview of management trainees for 3
Companies For the first company there are 12 candidates, for the second there
Cre 15 candidates and for the third there are 10 candidates. Find the
Probabilitybthat he is selected in atleast one of the companies
$504 problem in Maths is given to four students A,B,C .There chances of
solving the problem respectively ae %,1/3,1/4 and 1/5, What isthe probobilty
that the problem will be solved
31.4 problem in maths is given to three students whose chances of solving it
are 1/3,2/7 and 3/8 resp. fol the three try to solve the problem
simultaneously,then find the probability tha exactly one of them can solve it
22 Three persons man Bipin ond Mohan attempt a Maths problem
Independently The oddin favour of Aman and Mohan solving the problem are
3:2 and 4:1 respectively and the odd against Bipin solving the problem are 2:1
Find
10) The probability that al the three will solve the problem
(i) The probability that the problem will be solved
53.Three persons A B and C shoot to hit a target fin trials, hits the target 4
2 times in 3 shots Find the
probability that :
(Exactly two persons hit the target (iJatleast two persons hit the target
(iiinone hit the target
$4.4 and 8 throw two dle each. Find the probablity thot A gets a sum of 9 ad
B gets a higher sum
$5.4 and 8 throw a pair of dce alternatively.A wins the game if he gets a total
of 6 and B wins if she gets a total of. starts the game, find the probability
of winning the game A in third throw of a pair of dice
56.A and B throw a pair of de alternatively tll one of them gets a number
greater than four and wins the game. if starts the game, what is the
probability of 8 winningS7.A :
ae 5 throw a pair of dice turn by turn, The fist to throw 9 is awarded a
917 Starts the game, show that the probability of A getting the prize is
$8Marksmen A and 8 compete by taking turns to shoot a target. Odds in
Favour of A hitting the target (in a single try) are 3:2 and the odds in favour of 8
hitting the target (ina single try) are 4:3 .Calculate the probability of A winning
the competition if he gets the frst chance to shoot
59.4 ball is drawn from an urn containing one red ball and one black cal. f the
ball drawn is red , acoin is tossed ; fit is black, a die is thrown .What is the
probability of
(each outcome lifgetting ahead ——_(iligetting an even number
60.Consider the experiment of tossing a coin. ifthe coin shown head, toss it
‘again , but ifit shows tail, then throw a die.Find the conditional probability of
he event ‘the die shows o number greater than 4” given that there is atleast one
Type 4: With or without replacement
61.A bag contains 10 white balls and 15 black balls .Two balls re drawn in
succession without replacement Find the probability that the first ball is white
‘and second is black
62.Two cards are drawn at random one by one without replacement from a
‘pack of 52 playing cards Find the probability that both cards are black
63.A bog contains 19 tickets , numbered 1 to 19.A ticket is drawn and then
another ticket is drawn without replacement .Find the probability that both
tickets wil show even numbers
64.4 bag contains 4 red, 3 blue and 2 white balls. if three balls are drawn one
by one (without replacement), then what isthe probability that all three balls
are red
65.Two balls are drawn one after another (without replacement) from a bag
containing 2 white . 3 red and 5 balls .What is the probability that atleast one
ball is red
66.A bag contains 8 red and 5 white balls .Two draws of 3 balls are made
without replacement .Find the probability that the first draw gives 3 white balls
and the second draw gives 3 red balls67.A bag contains 10 white and 6 black bolls balls are successively draven ou
i itely of
without replacement. What is the probability that they are alternately of
different colours
68.Redo above problem assuming that balls are drawn with replacement
69.1wo bolls are drawn at random with replacement from a bbox containing 10
black and 3 red balls Find the ‘probability that
o.Both balls are red First ball is black and second is red
One of them is black and other is red
70.A bag contains 5 red marbles and 3 black marbles .Three marbles are drawn
‘one by one without replacement .What is the probability that atleast one of the
three marbles drawn be black, ifthe first marble is red
71. A bag contains 5 white,3 red and 3 6 green balls four bolls are drawn one
by one from the bag. Find the probability of drawing atleast one white ball
when are drawn
a.Without replacement b With replacement
72.Two balls are drawn at random from a bag containg 3 white , 3 red, 4 green
‘and 4 black balls , one by one without replacement .Find the probobility that
both the bolls are of different colours
73.Two cards are drawn without replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52
cards .Find the probability that one is a spade and the other is a queen of red
colour
74.Three cards are drawn successively without replacement from a pack of 52
well ~ shuffled cards .What is the probability that the first two cords are Kings
and the third card drawn is an ace
75.Four cards are drawn from o pack of 52 cords. What is the probability of
@.Drawing 4 aces if cards are replaced
. Drawing 4 aces if cards are not replaced
. Drawing all cards of different suits if cards are replaced
4d. Drawing all cards of different suits if cards are not replacedType 5: Misc sums
76.4 box of orani
drawn without replacement .
965s inspected by examining three randomly selected oranges
‘fall the three oranges are good , the box is
a;
PProached for sale,, otherwise it is rejected , then find the probability that the
ox containing 15 oranges our
pproved for sale
t of which 12 are good and 3 are bad ones will be
77-Four persons are chosen at random from a group containg 3 men, 2 women
ond 4 children Find the probabilities that exactly two of them are children
78.Two balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 white and 7 black
balls
@.What is the probability that both balls are white
». What are the odds in favour of drawing two black balls
© what is the probability of drawing one white and one black ball
79.In two balls are drawn from a bag containing three red balls and four blue
balls. Find the probability that
o.They are of same colour
t
b.They are of different colours
80.4 box contains 9 red bails, 5 blue balls and 6 green balls .Three balls are
drawn from the box at random.Find the probability that
All will be blue
b.Atleast one will be green
&1.An urn contains 9 balls, 2 of which are white, blue and 4 red .Three balls
are drawn at random the urn
- What is the chance that
a. Three balls will be of different colours
4. Two balls will be of same colour and the third of a different colour
c.Three bails will be of same colour
82.One bag contains 4 white and 2 black balls . Another bag contains 3 white
and 5 black balls .if one ball is drawn from each bag, then find the probability
that one is white and one is black
83.There are three urns A,B and C.Urn A contains 4 red balls and 3 black balls
-Urn B contains 5 red balls and 4 black balls .Urn C contains 4 red balls and 4the probability
black balls .One ball is drawn from each of these urns What be pr
that the three balls drawn consist of 2 red balls and one black i
1s two re
84.Bag A contains three red balls and four white balls ,bag 8 sotyet ain
and three white balls. One ball is drawn from bag A and two balls af
from bag 8. find the probobility that :
2.One ball is red and two balls are white
BAI the three balls of the same colour
6.Law of total Probability
‘85.The bag A contains 3 white and 2 black balls while the bag B contains 2
white and 5 black balls.One of the bags is chosen at random and a ball is drawn
from it What is the probability that the ball is white
86.Two thirds of the Students of a class are boys and the rest are girls .It is
known that the probability of agir! ‘getting a first class marks in Councils exam
180.4 anda boy, getting first class marks is 0.35 .Find the probability that a
‘student chosen at random will ‘get first class marks in Exam
87-Bag P contains 4 white and 5 black balls. A ball is transferred form bag P to
bag Qand then a balls. drawn from bag Q. What is the probability that the ball
drawn is white
88.A box has 5 blue and 4 red, ‘balls.one ball is drawnat ‘random and nnot
replaced .Its colour is also not noted .Then another ball is drawn at random
-What is the probability of second ball being blue
89, Three machines E,, E, and E, ina certain factory producing electri bulbs,
produce 50%, 25% and 25% respectively, ofthe total output of electric bulbs It
‘known that 4% ofthe bulbs produced by each machines Ey and E; are
defective and that 5% of those produced by machine E are defective. one
bulb is picked up at random from a day's production , calculate the probability
that itis defective
90.4 fair die is rolled .f 1 turns up, a balls picked up at random from bag A.lf2
or 3 turns up , a ball is picked up from bag B .If 4, 5 or 6 turns up , a ball is
picked up from bag C.Bag A contains 3 red and 2 white balls, Bag B contains 3
red and 4 white balls, bag C contains 4 red and 5 white balls .The die is rolled a
‘bag Is selected and a ball is drawn .Find the probability that a red ball is drawn
Di Begtnconbains91.8
ie ind ene 4 ee ‘and 6 red balls and bag B contains 7 black and 3 red
bag 2.1F two balls ere or 2 appears on it, then bag A is chosen otherwise
selected bog pa ae a random (without replacement) from the
* ie probability of one of them being red and another black.
= _ we conta a white ond 3 black balls while another urn contains 3
second any ek bal Two als redrawn from the stun and put into the
ern "7 a ball is drawn from the second urn .Find the probability
lrawn from the second urn is a white ball
Yo 24An urn contains 2 white and 2 black blls.A ellis drawn at random. ifs
white ,it is not replaced into the urn .otherwise it is replaced .The process is
\repeated .Find the, ‘Probability that the third ball drawn is black
94.In a factory a product is manufactured by any of 3 machines A,u and C.They
produce respectively 25% 35% and 40% of the total products .A product is
selected at random. Find the probability that it is defective . Assume the
‘machines A,B and C produce respectively 5% 4% and 2% defective items
95.A purse contains 4 silver and 5 copper coins .A second purse contains 3 silver
and 7 copper coins. If a coin is taken out at random from one of the purses
what is the probability that it is a copper coin
Type 7: Bayes theorem
96.A car manufacturing factory has two plants X and Y .Plant X manufactures
70% of the cars and plant ¥ manufactures 30% .80% of the cars at plant X and
90% of the cars at plant Y ore rated of standard quality .A car is chosen at
random and is found to be of standard quality .What is the probability that it
has core from plant X
47.40% of student of a college reside in hostel and the remaining reside outside
‘At the end of the year, 50% of the hostelers got A grade while from outside
students , only 30% got A grade in the examination .At the end of the year, a
student of the college was chosen at random and was found to have A grade
What is the probability that the selected student was a hosteller
198.1 answering a question on a multiple choice test , a student either knows
the answer or guesses .Let % be the probability that he knows the
answer Assuming that the student who guesses at the answer will be correct
with a probability %, what is the probability that he knew the answer given that
he answered it correctlyjence ani
99.There are 2 groups of subjects one of which consists Of jennie
Engineering subjects ; and the other consist of 3 science an : ae
subjects. An unbiased die is rolled . If number 1 or 6 turn op. a sul eo fon
selected at random from the first group , otherwise a subject is $e mi ai the
the second group if ultimately an engineering subject Is selected the’
Probability that its selected from second group
100.There are 2 groups of bags. Group | consists of 3 bags, each arene 5
green balls and 3 blue bali .Group It consists of 2 bags, each containing
aren and 4 blue balls. A bay has been selected and a ball has been drawn at
random from one of the bags and is found to be green .Find the probability
that this greer ball has been from a bag of group Il
4 ota ‘machine is correctly set up , it provides 90% acceptable items, If itis
pire ‘et up, only 40% items produced ore acceptable, Post experience
97 ‘shows that 80% of the set ups are correctly done. if after a certain set up, the
‘machine produces 2 acceptable items, find the probability that the machine is
correctly set up
102.An insurance company insured 1500 scooter drivers , 2500 car drivers and
~ 4500 truck drivers .The probability of a sooter,, a car and a truck driver
meeting with an accident is 0.01 ,0.02 and 0.04 resp. if one ofthe insured
person meets with an accident, then find the probability that he is scooter
driver
103.For A,B and C the chances of being selected as the manager of a firm are
4:1:2 resp The respective probabilities for them to introduce a radical change
in marketing strategy are 0.3,0.8 and 0.5 resp. If the change does take place,
find the probability that itis due to the appointment of B
104.In a class of75 students , 15 are above average, 45 are average and the
rest below average achievers. The p:obabilty that an above average achieving
student fails is 0.005, that an average achieving student fails i 0.05 and the
probability of a below average achieving student failing is 0.15. Ifa student is
known to have passed, what is the probability that he is a below average
achiever
105.A bag contains 3 green and 7 white balls . Two balls are drawn one by one
‘at random without replacement .If the second ball drawn is green , what is the
probability that the first ball drawn is also greeny
106.Box I contains 2 whit
land Be il ae Hee 3 black balls. box it contains 4 white and 1 black
and 1 green face, is thro ite and 4 black balls . A dice having 3 red,2 yellow
box, ifa yellow face t wn to select a box. if red face turns up , we pick up
Then we draw a bal fos gee Pick up bax, atherwise, we Pick up os m
the probability that the an the selected box.if the ball drawn is white, what is
}at the dice had turned up with a red face
107.Bag I contai
ioe e u oe ns 3 red ond 4 black balls and bag 1! contains 4 red and 5 black
aes all is transferred from bag | to bag Mt and then a ball is drawn at
- rom bag I. the ball so drawn is red, then find the probability that
transferred ball is black
248.809 | contains 4 red and 5 black balls and bag I! contains 3ed and 4 black
balls One ball is transferred from bag | to bag i! and then two balls are drawn
at random (without replacement) from bag 1!.The balls so drawn are both
{found to be black .Find the probability that the transferred ball was black
109. A bog contains 4 balls. 2 balls are drawn at random and are found to be
white .What is the probability that all balls are white
110.4 company has two plants to manufacture scooters plant | manufactures
plant 1 85 out of 100
80% of the scooters and plant I! manufactures 20% -At
scooters ore rated as of standard quality and at plant I! 65 out of 100scooters
‘andom and is found to
ore rated as of standard quality.A scooter is chosen at r
be of standard quality .What is the probability that it has come from plant |
111A factory has 3 machines A,B and C producing 1500,2500 and 3000 bulbs
per doy resp. Machine A produces 1.5% defective bulbs, machine B produces
2% of defective bulbs and machine C produces 2.5% of defective bulbs .At the
end of the day, a bulb is drawn at random and it is found to be defective .What
is the probability that this defective bulb has been produced by machine B
L12.An insurance company insured 4000 doctors, 8000 teachers and 12000
engineers.The probability of a doctor , a teacher and an engineer dying before
the age of 58 years are 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05 resp. If one of the insured person
dies before the age of 58 years, find the probability that he is doctor
113.In an automobile factory, certain parts are to be fixed into the chassis ina
section before it moves to the next section. On a given day,one of the three
persons A,B and C carries out the task.A has 45% chance, B has 35 chance and
Chas 20% chance of doing the task .The probability that A,B and C will takeIfitis found t)
more time than the allotted time is 1/6, 1/10 and 1/20 resp. ae oa a
the time taken is more than an allotted time , what is the pro! a
done the task
114.Baq A contains 2 white, 1balck and 3 red balls, B contains 3 white , 2 black
and 4 red balls, Bag C contains 4 white 3 black ond 2 red bal. One bog is
chosem at random and 2 balls are drawn at random form that bag. ifthe
‘andomly drawn bells are happened tobe red and black, what isthe
Probability that both balls come from bag B
> Xn a Handutn, /
Type 8: random variables ~~! dc
ky
(725A fandom variable x has the folowing probability distribution :
Maelo! Pox [pu [ama| 5 he [6 al 7,
POUR | Oa, 41 alah > Tae chor [2 | 7K
+k
‘16.Let X denote the numberof hours you study on a Sunday. Also it is known
O14 sifx=o
ke if =1or2
that p(X = x) = is
that p(x kee if x= 3 or 4) where Kis a constant.
0 otherwise
(i)Find the value of k
(ii) What is the probability
that you study atleast two hours ? Exactly two hours
? Atmost two hours?
117-Find the probability dstibution of x, the number of heads in three tosses
2f 2 coin (ora simultaneous toss of three coins)
118.Two cards are drawn. simultaneously from a well shuffled deck. of 52 cards
-Find the probability distribution of number of aces
119.Two cards are drawn successively,
without replacement. from a well-
shuffled pack of 52 cards find the pro|
bability distribution of number of spades
120.Four balls are to be drawn without replacement from a box containing 8
red balls ond 4 white balls. ifX denotes the number of red balls drawn find the
probability distribution of X
421.4 die is rolled if a random variable X is defined as the number on the upper
face, then find its probability distributionea
a MATHEMATICS
a Sunday.Also itis known tha
sof hours you study”
vifx=0
116.Let X denote the number
on
- x sift = L0°2) hore Kis constant
PE=9D= (gia lipxasor®
0 otherwise
(i)Find the value of k 4
(ii) What is the probability that you study atleast two hours ? Exactly two hours ?Atmost
hours?
117.Find the probobitty distribution ofX, the number of heads” three tosses of Coin org
simultaneous toss of three coins)
118.Two cards are drawn simultaneously from
probability distribution of number of aces
119.Two cards are drawn successively, without replacement from @ well-shi
cards .find the probability distribution of number of spades
120,Four balls oe tobe drown Sees ieee om a box containing & red balls and ¢
white balls. IfX denotes the number of red balls drawn ,find the probability distribution of X
{121A diets rolled fa random variable Xs defined asthe number on the upper a then
find its probability distribution
4122.Two cards are drawn simultaneously from a well-shuffled pack of $2 cards Find the
probability distribution of the number of jacks
Type 9: mean and variance
123.The probability distribution of a random variable X is given as under
ko? for x= 123
p(X =x) =2kx for x = 4,5,6where kis a constant , calculate
0 otherwise
(i) the value of k (iiptxea) (iE)
124,What is the mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having written 1 on three
faces, 2on two faces and 5 on one face
4125.In a single throw of a die , a random variable X is defined as the number an its upper
face. Find the mean and variance of X
+126.Find the meon ,variance and standard deviation of the number of heads i. two tosses of
Find the
well shuffled deck of 52.cards
uffled pack of 5
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‘127,An urn contains § red and 2 black balls .Two balls are randomly drawn , without
replacement .Let X represent the numberof black balls drawn What ae the posible values
of X? [s Xa random variable ? if yes, find he mean and variance of X
‘128.Two cards are drawn simultaneously from a wellshuffled pack of 52 cards.Find the
‘mean and variance of the number of red cards
“14.8 box contains 4 red and 5 black marbles .Find the probability distribution ofthe red
marbles in a random draw of three marbles. Also find the mean and the standard deviation
of the distribution
'130.An unbiased die is thrown twice Find the probability
and hence find its mean and variance
131, Suppose that a pair of fair dice are tossed and let the
Denote the sum of outcomes
distribution of the numberof XS
random variable X|
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jobtain the probability distribution for X
(i)Find mean of the probability distribution ‘
/_(ii}Find variance and standard deviation of the probability distribution sofa die when
1132.Find the probability distribution of the number of successes in two tosse:
‘success is defined as ‘six appears atleast on one die” id losses re.1
433.1n a game a man wins Rs 5 for getting a number greater than 4 an Seer te quit.as
“ otherwise.When a fair die is thrown The man decided to throw a die ce te
and when he get a number greater than 4 .Find the expected value of t
wins/loses six positive
134.Two numbers are selected at random(without replacement } om tne aby
integers .Let X denote the larger of the two numbers obtained .Fin
distributtion of X. Find the mean and the variance of this oon 70,16,18,20, 17,16,19 and
JB5A closs has 15 students whose ages are 14,17, 154,21 17,1920 “What is the probability
20 years .One student is randomly chosen and his /her age eee and standard distribution of
distribution of the random variable X ? Find the mean ,varianc
x