Republic of the Philippines

BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Calape Campus
San Isidro, Calape, Bohol

Name: Neil Joseph B. Tacatani Course, Year & Block: BSCS-3A

Subject: Inferential Statistics Instructor: Alain Cubio, LPT
Activity 2

1. A card is selected at random from an ordinary deck of playing cards where 52

cards are in one deck.
Answers:

13 1
a) The probability that the card is a heart is or , since there are 13
52 4
hearts in the deck.
26 1
b) The probability that the card is a black is or , since there are 26
52 2
black cards in a deck.
8 2
c) The probability that the card is a 4 or an 8 is or , since there are
52 13
four cards and eight cards in a deck.
2 1
d) The probability that the card is a red queen is or , since there are
52 26
two red queen cards in a deck.

2. A coin is tossed (head or tail) four times.

Answers:

a) List of all possible outcomes

HHHH, HHHT, HHTH, HTHH, THHH, HHTT, HTHT, THHT, THTH,
TTHH, HTTH, TTTH, TTHT, THTT, HTTT, TTTT: 24 = 16.
b) Find the probability that no tail turns up- There is only 1 instance of ‘no

1
tail’ in the possible outcomes. Therefore, probability is:
16
 c) Find the probability that exactly one head turns up - There are 4
instances of ‘exactly one head’ in the possible outcomes. Therefore,

4 1
probability is: or .
16 4
d) Find the probability that at least 3 tails turn up- There are 5 instances of

5
‘at least 3 tails’ in the possible outcomes. Therefore, probability is: .
16
3. A total of 10 balls (5 red, 2 white and 3 green) in a box selected at random.
Answers:

5 1
a) There are 5 red balls in the box. Therefore, probability is: or .
10 2
3
b) There are 3 green balls in the box. Therefore, probability is: .
10
5 1
c) There are 5 not red balls in the box. Therefore, probability is: or .
10 2
d) There are no black balls in the box. Therefore, probability is: 0
2 1
e) There are 2 white balls in the box. Therefore, probability is: or .
10 5