Probability Assignment Questions
Probability Assignment Questions
ASSIGNMENT TUTORIAL
Module:-1
Ques. A box contains m white balls and n black balls. Balls are drawn at
random one at a time without replacement. Find the probability of
encountering a white ball by the kth draw.
Ques. Two players A and B draw balls one at a time alternately from a box
containing m white balls and n black balls. Suppose the player who picks the
first white ball wins the game. What is the probability that the player who
starts the game will win?
Ques. In the fair-die experiment, we shall determine the conditional
probability of the event [f (2)]assuming that the event even occurred.
Ques. A box contains three white balls w_{1} ,w_{2} and w_{3} and two red
balls r_{1} and r_{2} We remove at random two balls in succession. What is the
probability that the first removed ball is white and the second is red?
Ques. A box contains white and black balls. When two balls are drawn
without replacement, suppose the probability that both are white is 1/3. (a)
Find the smallest number of balls in the box. (b) How small can the total
number of balls be if black balls are even in number?
Ques. Suppose box 1 contains a white balls and b black balls, and box 2
contains c white balls and d black balls. One ball of unknown color is
transferred from the first box into the second one and then a ball is drawn
from the latter. What is the probability that it will be a white ball?
Ques. A certain test for a particular cancer is known to be 95% accurate. A
person submits to the test and the results are positive. Suppose that the
person comes from a population of 100,000, where 2000 people suffer from
that disease. What can we conclude about the probability that the person
under test has that particular cancer?
Ques. We have four boxes. Box 1 contains 2000 components of which 5% are
defective. Box 2 contains 500 components of which 40% are defective. Boxes
3 and 4 contain 1000 each with 10% defective. We select at random one of the
boxes and we remove at random a single component. (a) What is the
probability that the selected component is defective?
Ques. Trains X and Y arrive at a station at random between 8 A.M. and 8.20
A.M. Train X stops for four minutes and train Y stops for five minutes.
Assuming that the trains arrive independently of each other, we shall
determine various probabilities related to the times x and y of their respective
arrivals.
(a). We shall determine the probability that train X arrives before train Y.
(b). We shall determine the probability that the trains meet at the station.
(c). ) Assuming that the trains shall determine the probability that train X
arrived before train Y.
Ques. In a group of n people, (a) what is the probability that two or more
persons will have the same birthday (month and date)? (b) What is the
probability that someone in that group will have birthday that matches yours?
Ques. Three switches connected in parallel operate independently. Each
switch remains closed with probability p. (a) Find the probability of receiving
an input signal at the output. (b) Find the probability that switch S_{1} is open
given that an input signal is received at the output.
Show that:-
Solve the following problems
Module :-2
Assignment Question:
"Derive and prove the mean (expected value) and variance for each of the
following continuous random distributions:**
1. Gaussian (Normal) Distribution
2. Exponential Distribution
3. Gamma Distribution
4. Chi-Square Distribution
5. Rayleigh Distribution
For each distribution, start with its probability density function (PDF), use
integration techniques to determine the mean and variance.
Module :-3
Assignment Question:
“Explain the concept of a random vector and provide detailed derivations and
explanations for the following:
Module :- 5
Assignment:
We shall determine the mean, the variance, and the covariance of the
random variables z = x(5) and w = x(8)
We shall determine the second moment of the random variable x(8) - x(5)
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