Section L: Homework

1) Let A and B be events with P(A) = 0.43, P(B) = 0.39 and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵) and 𝑃(𝐵|𝐴).

2) Let A and B be events with P(A) = 0.54, P(B) = 0.32 and P(A|B) = 0.47. Find P(A and B).

3) Let A and B be events with P(A) = 0.74 and P(B) = 0.45. Assume A and B are independent.

Find P(A and B).

4) A fair coin is flipped four times. What is the probability that the sequence of flips is HTTH?

5) Let A and B be events with P(A) = 0.35, P(B) = 0.5 and P(A and B) = 0.1.

a) Are A and B independent? Why?

b) Find P(A or B).

c) Are A and B mutually exclusive? Why?

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6) Let A and B be events with P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.5 and P(A or B) = 0.6.

a) Find P(A and B).

b) Are A and B mutually exclusive? Why?

c) Are A and B independent? Why?

7) The following table displays the 100 Senators of the 115th U.S. Congress on January 3, 2017 viewed by
political affiliation and gender.

Male Female Total

Democrat 30 16 46
Republican 47 5 52
Independent 2 0 2
Total 79 21 100

a) P(Senator is Male) = b) P(Republican) =

c) P(Male and Republican) = d) P(Male|Republican) =

e) P(Republican|Male) =

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8) According to the U.S. Census, there were 3,200,000 women employed as nurses and 330,000 men
employed as nurses in 2011. Of the women, 2,528,000 were registered nurses and of the men, 31,680
were registered nurses. A nurse is chosen at random.

a) What is the probability the nurse is a man?

b) What is the probability the nurse is a registered nurse?

c) What is the probability the nurse is a man and a registered nurse?

d) P(man | registered nurse) =

e) P(registered nurse | man) =

9) In a box there are 10 cards. Five are red, three are green, and two are yellow.

Two cards are drawn at random from the box without replacement. Find the probability that:

a) Both cards are green.

b) The first card is green and the second is red.

c) The first card is yellow and the second is green.

d) You get a green and a yellow in any order.

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10) Suppose A and B are events such that P(A) = 0.57, P(B) = 0.48 and P(A or B) = 0.76.

Calculate the following:

a) P(A and B) = ______ b) P(A B) = _______ c) P(B A) = ______

d) P(AC) =________ e) P(BC) =_______

f) Are A and B mutually exclusive? Why or why not?

g) Are A and B independent? Why or why not?

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