Probability and Statistics EQT 272

Semester 2 2012/2013

TUTORIAL 1 1) A random car is chosen among all those passing through The Store on a certain day. The probability that the car is red is 0.4, the probability that the driver is a student is 0.3 and the probability that the car is red and the driver is a student is 0.05. A car is selected at random, calculate the probability that a) the car is red or belongs to a student ans: 0.65 b) the car is not red and does not belongs to a student ans: 0.35 2) The sample space of a random experiment is {a, b, c, d, e} with probabilities 0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.2, respectively. Let A denote the event {a, b, c} and let B denote the event {c, d, e}. Determine the following: i. P( A) ans: 0.4 ii. P( B) ans: 0.8 iii. P( A) ans: 0.6 iv. P( A B) ans: 1 v. P( A B) ans: 0.2 3) Suppose we randomly select two persons from the members of a club and observe whether the person selected each time is a man or a woman. Write all the outcomes for this experiment. Draw the tree diagrams. 4) A candy dish contains one yellow and two red candies. You close your eyes, choose two candies one at a time from the dish, and record their colors. What is the probability that both candies are red? ans: 1/3 5) A piece of equipment is composed of five parts that can be assembled in any order. A test is to be conducted to determine the time necessary for each order of assembly. If each order is to be tested once, how many tests must be conducted? ans: 120 tests 6) A printed circuit board may be purchased from seven suppliers. In how many ways can three suppliers be chosen from the seven?

Probability and Statistics EQT 272

Semester 2 2012/2013

ans: 35 ways 7) There are 5 yellow balls, 4 red balls and 3 blue balls in a box. In how many ways can a child choose 4 balls from the box without any particular order? What is the probability that the child choose 2 yellow balls, 1 red ball and 1 blue ball? ans: 495 ways, 0.2424 8) Suppose 20 students share the same floor of a dormitory. 11 of them took Statistics class, 8 took Chemistry class and 3 took both Statistics and Chemistry classes. A student is chosen at random from 20 students. What is the probability he took either the Statistics or Chemistry classes? What is the probability he did not take any of the two classes? ans: 0.8, 0.2 9) Consider the following events for an experiment of rolling a fair dice. A= an even number is observed B= an odd number is observed C= a number less than 4 is observed Are events A and B mutually exclusive? Are events B and C mutually exclusive? Draw a venn diagram for events A, B and C. ans: A and B are mutually exclusive, B and C are not mutually exclusive 10) How many four-letter code words are possible using the letters in TYPE if i. the letters may be repeated? ans: 256 ii. the letters may not be repeated? ans: 24 11) Toss two coins and observe the outcome. Define these events and its probability: A: head on the first coin B: tail on the second coin Are events A and B independent? ans: A and B are independent 12) 30% of all computer used by government agencies are supplied by company A and the rest by company B. 5% of all computers supplied by company A are defective while 2% of all computers supplied by company B are defective. i. How many percent of all computers used by the government agencies are defective? ans: 2.9% ii. A computer is found to be defective. What is the probability it was supplied by company B? ans: 0.4828