9.

If only 5 percent kids can secure A grade in a paper, find the

probability of at most 12 out of 45 kids getting A grade in that
paper.
10. If a committee has 7 members, find the probability of having
more female members than male members given that the
probability of having a male or a female member is equal.
11. The probability of winning a match for team A is 0.6. Find the
probability of winning3 matches out of 5.
12. A botanist is studying the distribution of daisies in a field. The
field is divided into a number of equal sized squares. The mean
1. Hospital patients arrive randomly on weekday afternoons at an number of daisies per square is assumed to be 3. Find the
average of 3.2 patients every 4 minutes. What is the probability of probability that, in a randomly chosen square there will be either 5
having more than 25 patients in a 12-minute interval on a weekday or 6 daisies.
afternoon?
2. Hospital patients arrive randomly on weekday afternoons at an
average of 3.2 patients every 4 minutes. What is the probability of
having more than 5 patients in a 2-minute interval on a weekday
afternoon?
3. The probability of a telesales representative making a sale on
customer call is 0.15. What is the probability that no sales are made
in 10 calls.
4. The mean value for an event X to occur is 2 in a day. Find the
probability of event X to occur thrice in a day.
5. Defects occur at random in planks of wood with a constant rate of
0.5 per 10 cm length. Jim buys a plank of length 100 cm. Find the
probability that Jim’s plank contains at most 3 defects.
6. A website receives hits at a rate of 300 per hour. Find the
probability of more than 70 hits in 10 minutes when the website
will go down.
7. Aren is taking part in four competitions. If the probability of him
winning any competition is 0.3, find the probability of him winning
at least one competition.
8. In a village, power cuts occurs randomly at a rate of 3 per
year. Find the probability that in any given year will be at least 4
power cuts.