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Probability Q & A

The document provides various probability problems and their solutions, including scenarios involving balls, dice, cards, and students. It covers calculations for events such as drawing colored balls, rolling dice for specific sums, and selecting students based on preferences. Each problem is solved step-by-step, demonstrating the application of probability formulas.

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Probability Q & A

The document provides various probability problems and their solutions, including scenarios involving balls, dice, cards, and students. It covers calculations for events such as drawing colored balls, rolling dice for specific sums, and selecting students based on preferences. Each problem is solved step-by-step, demonstrating the application of probability formulas.

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Probability Q & A
1. A bag contains 11 white balls and 8 pink balls. Another
bag contains 13 white balls and 6 pink balls. what is the
probability of getting pink ball?
= (8/19 + 6/19)/2
= 14/19 X 1/2
= 7/19
2. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that you will
getting the sum of number 6?
(2,4) (4,2) (1,5) (5,1) (3,3)
= 5/36
3. There are 10 prizes and 25 blanks in a lottery. If Jhon has
taken a lottery. What is the probability for him to get a
prize?
10/10+25
= 10/35
=2/7
4. Saran and sabari go for an interview for two vacancies.
The probability for the selection for saran is 1/3 and
whereas the probability for the selection of sabari is
1/4 .What is the probability that none of them are selected?
Saran = 1- 1/3 = 2/3
Sabari = 1-1/4 = ¾
Nerither being selected 2/3 X 3/4 = 2/4
Probability = ½
5. A Speaks the truth 4 out of 5 times and B Speaks the truth 7
out of 8 times. What is the probability that they will contradict
each other in stating the same fact?
A tells truth and B lies
4/5 X 1/8 = 4/40
A lies and B tell truth
1/5 X 7/8 = 7/40
Now
4/40 + 7/40 = 11/40
6. There are 7 purple clips and 5 brown clips. Two clips are
selected one by one without replacement. Find the
probability that the first is brown and the second is purple.
P (B) × P (P) = (5/12) x (7/11) = 35/132
Direction (7 - 9):
A box contains 90 number plates numbered 1 to 90. If one
number plate is drawn at random from the box then find
out the probability that
7) The number is a two-digit number
Total possible outcomes = 90 (Since the number plates are
numbered from 1 to 90).
Number of favorable outcomes
= 90 – 9 = 81 ( here, except 1 to 9, other numbers are two-
digit number.)
Thus required probability
= Number of Favourable Outcomes /Total Number of Possible
Outcomes
= 81/90
= 9/10.
8) The number is a perfect square
Total possible outcomes = 90.
Number of favorable outcomes = 9 [here 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36,
49, 64, and 81 are the perfect squares]
Thus the required probability = 9/90 =1/10
9) The number is a multiply of 5

Total possible outcomes = 90.


Number of favourable outcomes = 18 (here, 5 × 1, 5 × 2, 5
× 3, …., 5 × 18 are multiple of 5).
Thus, the required probability= 18/90 =1/5
10. A jar contains 63 balls ( 1, 2, 3,……., 63). Two balls are
picked at random from the jar one after one and without any
replacement. What is the probability that the sum of both balls
drawn is even?
The sum of numbers can be even if we add either two even
numbers or two odd numbers.
Number of even numbers from 1 to 63 = 31
Number of odd numbers from 1 to 63 = 32
Probability of getting two even numbers = (32/63) * (31/62) =
16/63
Probability of getting two odd numbers = (31/63) * (30/62) =
5/21
P(two even numbers OR two odd numbers) = 16/63 + 5/21 =
31/63
11. There are 30 students in a class, 15 are boys and 15 are
girls. In the final exam, 5 boys and 4 girls made an A grade.
If a student is chosen at random from the class, what is the
probability of choosing a girl or an ‘A-grade student?
Here, the total number of boys = 15 and the total number of
girls = 15
Also, girls getting A grade = 4 and boys getting an A grade = 5
Probability of choosing a girl = 15/30
Probability of choosing A grade student= 9/30
Now, an A-grade student chosen can be a girl.
So the probability of choosing it = 4/30
Required probability of choosing a girl or an A-grade student
= 15/30 + 9/30 – 4/30
= 1/2 + 3/10 – 2/15
= 2/3
12. What is the probability when a card is drawn at
random from a deck of 52 cards is either an ace or a club?

There are 4 aces in a pack, 13 club cards, and 1 ace of a club


card.
Now, the probability of getting an ace = 4/52
The probability of getting a club = 13/52
The probability of getting an ace of the club = 1/52
Required probability of getting an ace or a club
= 4/52 + 13/52 – 1/52
= 16/52
= 4/13
Direction (13 – 15)
In a school the total number of students is 300, 95 students
like chicken only, 120 students like fish only, 80 students
like mutton only and 5 students do not like anything above.
If randomly one student is chosen, find the probability that.
13) The student likes mutton.
14) He likes either chicken or mutton
15) He likes neither fish nor mutton.
The total number of favorable outcomes = 300 (Since there are
300 students altogether).
The number of times a chicken liker is chosen = 95 (Since 95
students like chicken).
The number of times a fish liker is chosen = 120.
The number of times a mutton liker is chosen = 80.
The number of times a student is chosen who likes none of
these = 5.
13. Find the probability that the student likes mutton.
Therefore, the probability of getting a student who likes
mutton
= 80/300
= 4/15

14. What is the probability that the student likes either


chicken or mutton?
The probability of getting a student who likes either chicken or
mutton
= (95+80)/300
= 175/300
= 7/12
15. Find the probability that the student likes neither fish
nor mutton.
The probability of getting a student who likes neither fish
nor mutton
= (300–120−80)/300
= 100/300
= 1/3

16. There are 20 tickets numbered 1 to 20. These tickets are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the ticket drawn has a number that is a multiple of 4 or 5.
Here, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, …., 19, 20} = 20
Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 (5 tickets)
Multiples of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20 (4 tickets)
Notice that ticket number 20 is a multiple of both 4 and 5, so we have counted it twice. Therefore, we need to subtract one
from the total count.
Total number of tickets with numbers that are multiples of 4 or 5: 5 + 4 – 1 = 8
The total number of tickets is 20, so the probability of drawing a ticket with a number that is a multiple of 4 or 5 is:
P = 8/20 = 2/5 = 0.4
Therefore, the probability that the ticket drawn has a number that is a multiple of 4 or 5 is 0.4 or 40%.
17. A one-rupee coin and a two-rupee coin are tossed once, and then calculate a sample space.
The outcomes are either Head (H) or tail(T).
Now,heads on both coins = (H, H) = HH
Tails on both coins = ( T, T) = TT
Probability of head on one rupee coin and Tail on the two rupee coins = (H, T) = HT
And Tail on one rupee coin and Head on the two rupee coin = (T, H) = TH
Thus, the sample space,S = [HH, HT, TH, TT]

18. One card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards well shuffling. Calculate the probability that the
card will not be a king.
Well-shuffling ensures equally likely outcomes.
Total king of a deck = 4
The number of favourable outcomes F= 52 – 4 = 48
The number of possible outcomes = 52
Therefore, the required probability
= 48/52 = 12/13
19. What is the probability when a card is drawn at random from a deck of 52 cards
is either an ace or a club?
There are 4 aces in a pack, 13 club cards, and 1 ace of a club card.
Now, the probability of getting an ace = 4/52
The probability of getting a club = 13/52
The probability of getting an ace of the club = 1/52
Required probability of getting an ace or a club
= 4/52 + 13/52 – 1/52
= 16/52
= 4/13
20. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability
thatnone of the balls drawn is blue?
Total number of balls = (2 + 3 + 2) = 7.
Let S be the sample space.
Then,
n(S)= Number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of 7=
7C2 = (7 x 6)(2 x 1)= 21.
Let E = Event of drawing 2 balls, none of which is blue.
n
(E)= Number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of (2 + 3) balls
=5C2
=(5 x 4)(2 x 1)= 10.
P(E) =n(E)/n(S)=10/21.

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