Probability

Problems (2)

1. A pair of dice is thrown 5 times. Find the probabilities that a total of a) 5 is obtained three times,
b) 9 is obtained at least once, and c) 7 is obtained at the most twice.

2. Bottled sweet milk in a godown is reported to have gone sour. A test check revealed that milk in
25% of the bottles is unfit for consumption. The salesman at a retail outlet offers 5 bottles for
sale on demand; find the probability that milk will be unfit for consumption a) exactly in 2
bottles, b) at least in 2 bottles, and c) at the most in 2 bottles. Also, find the average number of
bottles containing bad milk, and b) variance of the resultant binomial distribution.

3. A population consisting of certain proportion of defective items has mean= 2. If a sample of 4

items is examined and repeated 200 times, obtain a) probability of an item being defective, b)
probability of getting 2 defective items in the sample and c) probability of getting at the most 2
defective items.

4. Assuming the probability of a male birth as ½,(i) find the chances that a family of 3 children will
have a) at least one girl, b) 2 boys and one girl, and c) at the most 2 girls. (ii) Out of 500 families
with 3 children each, find the expected number of families with a, b and c.