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1. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 Green balls. Three balls
are drawn
at random. What is the chance that a white, a red and a
green ball is
drawn ?
2. An urn contains 8 white and 3 red balls. If two balls are
drawn at random, find the probability that (i) both are
white, (ii) Both are red, (iii) one is of each colour.
3. The following data show the length of life of wholesale
grocers in a particular city
Length of Life Percentage of
(years) Wholesalers
0-5 65
5-10 16
10-15 9
15-25 5
25 and over 5
Total 100
(i) During the period studied, what is the probability that
an entrant to this profession will fail within five years ?
(ii) That he will survive at least 25 years?
(ii) How many years would he have to survive to be
among the 10 % percent longest survivors?
4. A Committee of 4 persons is to be appointed from 3
officers of the production department, 4 officers of the
purchase department, two of the sales department and one
chartered accountant. Find the probability of forming the
committee in the following manner:
(i) There must be one from each category.
(ii) It should have atleast one from the purchase
department.
(iii) The chartered accountant must be in the committee.
5. A chartered accountant applies for a job in two firms X and
Y. He estimates that the probability of his getting selected in
firm X is 0.7, and being rejected at Y is 0.5 and the
probability of at least one of his applications being rejected
is 0.6. What is the probability that he will be selected in one
of the firms ?
6. There are 3 economists, 4 engineers, 2 statisticians and I
doctor. A committee of 4 from among them is to be
formed. Find the probability that the committee :
(i) Consists of one of each kind.
(ii) Has at least one economist.
(iii) Has the doctor as a member and three others.
LECTURE17:
EXERCISE
7. Two vacancies exist at the junior executive level of a certain
company. Twenty people, fourteen men and six women, are
eligible and equally qualified. The company has decided to
draw two names at random from the list of the eligible
people. What is the probability that:
(a) Both positions will be filled by women?
(b) At least one of the positions will be filled by woman?
Neither of the positions will be filled by women.