Probability
1)A coach is training 3 players. He observes that player A can hit
a target 4 times in 5 shots, player B can hit 3 times in 4 shots
and player C can hit 2 times in 3 shots.
Based on the above, answer the following questions :
(i) Find the probability that all three players miss the target.
(ii) Find the probability that all of them hit the target.
(iii) (a) Find the probability that only one of them hits the target.
(iii) (b) Find the probability that exactly two of them hit
the target.
2) According to recent research, air turbulence has increased in various
regions around the world due to climate change. Turbulence makes
flights bumpy and often delays the [Link] that, an airplane
observes severe turbulence, moderate turbulence or light turbulence with
equal probabilities. Further, the chance of an airplane reaching late to the
destination are 55%, 37% and 17% due to severe, moderate and light
turbulence respectively.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :
(i) Find the probability that an airplane reached its destination late.
(ii) If the airplane reached its destination late, find the probability that it
was due to moderate turbulence.
3) Airplanes are by far the safest mode of transportation when the
number of transported passengers are measured against personal injuries
and fatality totals.
Previous records state that the probability of an airplane crash is
0·00001%. Further, there are 95% chances that there will be survivors
after a plane crash. Assume that in case of no crash, all travellers
survive.
Let E1 be the event that there is a plane crash and E2 be the event that
there is no crash. Let A be the event that passengers survive after the
journey.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :
(i) Find the probability that the airplane will not crash.
(ii) Find P(A | E1) + P(A | E2).
(iii) (a) Find P(A).
(iii) (b) Find P(E2 | A).
4) A pair of dice is thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the absolute
difference of the numbers appearing on top of the dice, then find the
probability distribution of X.
5) The probabilities of A, B and C solving a problem are 1/3, 1/5 and 1/6
respectively. The probability that the problem is solved, is:
6)A card is randomly drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 playing
cards. Events A and B are defined as under : A : Getting a card of
diamond B : Getting a queen Determine whether the events A and B are
independent or not.
7) Find the probability distribution of the number of doublets in three
throws of a pair of dice.
8) If P(A|B) = P(A¢|B), then which of the following statements is true ?
(A) P(A) = P(A¢) (B) P(A) = 2 P(B) (C) P(A∩B) = 1/2 P(B)
(D) P(A∩B) = 2 P(B)
9) Let E be an event of a sample space S of an experiment, then P(S|E) =
(A) P(S∩E) (B) P(E) (C) 1 (D) 0
