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The document is a worksheet focused on probability and statistics, covering various topics such as sample space, mutually exclusive events, and conditional probability. It includes multiple exercises that require calculating probabilities for different scenarios, such as card draws, dice rolls, and survey data. The document serves as a practical application of theoretical concepts in probability and statistics.

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Probability and Statistics


Subjects: Sample Space, Mutually Exclusive Events, In-
depentendent Events, Multiplication Rules, Conditional
Probability, Exhaustive Events, Bay’s Theorem.
1. An experiment consists of flipping a coin and then flipping and
a tossing a dice together. List the elements of the sample space.

2. Find the sample space for the experiment of measuring (in hours)
the lifetime of a transistor.

3. For the experiment of randomly selecting one card from a deck


of 52, let

C = event the card selected is a heart,


D = event the card selected is a face card,
E = event the card selected is an ace,
F = event the card selected is an 8, and
G = event the card selected is a 10 or a jack.

Which of the following collections of events are mutually exclusive?


a. C and D b. C and E c. D and E d. D, E, and F
e. D, E, F, and G

4. In a sample of 50 people, 21 had type O blood, 22 had type A


blood, 5 had type B blood, and 2 had type AB blood. Set up a
frequency distribution and find the following probabilities.

a. A person has type O blood.


b. A person has type A or type B blood.
c. A person has neither type A nor type O blood.
d. A person does not have type AB blood.

5. The corporate research and development centers for three local


companies have the following number of employees: U.S. Steel 110,
Alcoa 750, Bayer Material Science 250.
If a research employee is selected at random, find the probability that
the employee is employed by U.S. Steel or Alcoa

6. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability of getting


1. A sum of 8,9 or 10.

2. Doubles or a sum of 7.

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7. The probability that a student passes Mathematics is and the
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4
probability that he passes English is . If the probability that he will
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pass at least one subject is , what is the probability that he will pass
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both subjects?

8. A single card is drawn at random from an ordinary deck of cards.


Find the probability that it is either an ace or a black card.

9. A card is drawn from a deck and replaced; then a second card


is drawn. Find the probability of getting a queen and then an ace.
(Solution 1/169)

10. If one card is drawn from a well-shuffled bridge deck of 52 play-


ing cards (13 of each suit), what is the probability that the card is a
queen or a heart?

11. World Wide Insurance Company found that 53% of the residents
of a city had homeowner’s insurance (H) with the company. Of these
clients, 27% also had automobile insurance (A) with the company. If
a resident is selected at random, find the probability that the res-
ident has both homeowner’s and automobile insurance with World
Wide Insurance Company. (Solution 0.1431)

12. The probability that Sam parks in a no-parking zone and gets
a parking ticket is 0.06, and the probability that Sam cannot find a
legal parking space and has to park in the noparking zone is 0.20. On
Tuesday, Sam arrives at school and has to park in a no-parking zone.
Find the probability that he will get a parking ticket. (Solution 0.3)

13. A coin is tossed 5 times. Find the probability of getting at least


1 tail. (Solution 31/32)

14. It is reported that 72% of working women use computers at work.


Choose 5 working women at random. Find
1. The probability that at least 1 doesn’t use a computer at work. (Solution
0.807)
2. The probability that all 5 use a computer in their jobs. (Solution 0.194)
15. If 2 cards are selected from a standard deck of 52 cards without
replacement, find these probabilities.
1. Both are spades. (Solution 1/17)
2. Both are the same suit. (Solution 4/17)

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Figure 1: Table (Question 17)

3. Both are kings. (Solution 1/221)


16. In a recent year 8,073,000 male students and 10,980,000 female
students were enrolled as undergraduates. Receiving aid were 60.6%
of the male students and 65.2% of the female students. Of those
receiving aid, 44.8% of the males got federal aid and 50.4% of the
females got federal aid. Choose 1 student at random. (Hint: Make a
tree diagram.) Find the probability that the student is
1. A male student without aid. (Solution 0.167)
2. A male student, given that the student has aid. (Solution 0.406)
3. A female student or a student who receives federal aid. (Solution 0.691)
17. The medal distribution from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
for the top 23 countries is shown in Figure 1. Choose 1 medal winner
at random.
1. Find the probability that the winner won the gold medal, given that the
winner was from the United States. (Solution 0.327)
2. Find the probability that the winner was from the United States, given
that she or he won a gold medal. (Solution 0.119)
3. Are the events ”medal winner is from United States” and ”gold medal
won” independent? Explain. (Solution No)
18. On a game show, a contestant can select one of four boxes. Box
1 contains one $100 bill and nine $1 bills. Box 2 contains two $100
bills and eight $1 bills. Box 3 contains three $100 bills and seven $1
bills. Box 4 contains five $100 bills and five $1 bills. The contestant
selects a box at random and selects a bill from the box at random. If
a $100 bill is selected, find the probability that it came from box 4.
(Solution 0.455)

19. According to the Arizona Chapter of the American Lung As-


sociation, 7.0% of the population has lung disease. Of those having

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lung disease, 90.0% are smokers; of those not having lung disease,
25.3% are smokers. Determine the probability that a randomly se-
lected smoker has lung disease. (Solution 0.211)

20. A driver has three ways to get from one city to another. There
is an 80% probability of encountering a traffic jam on route 1, a 60%
probability on route 2, and a 30% probability on route 3. Because of
other factors, such as distance and speed limits, the driver uses route
1 fifty percent of the time and routes 2 and 3 each 25% of the time.
1. If the driver calls the dispatcher to inform him that she is in a traffic jam,
find the probability that she has selected route 1. (Solution 0.64)

2. if the driver did not encounter a traffic jam, find the probability that she
selected route 3. (Solution 0.467)
21. An urn contains 3 red marbles and 7 white marbles. A marble is
drawn from the urn and a marble of the other colour is then put into
the urn. A second marble is drawn from the urn.
1. Find the probability p that the second marble is red.
2. If both marbles were of the same colour, what is the probability p that
they were both white.

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