Assignment # 01

1. If A  B , P A  1 / 4 and PB   1 / 3 , find

a. P A | B 
b. PB | A
2. The events A and B are mutually exclusive. Can they be independent?
3. Box one contains 1 white and 999 red balls. Box two contains 1 red and 999 white balls. A
ball is picked from a randomly selected box. If the ball is red what is the probability that it
came from box one?
4. Box one contains 1,000 bulbs of which 10 percent are defective. Box two contains 2,000
bulbs of which 5 percent are defective. Two bulbs are picked from a randomly selected box.
Find
a. The probability that both bulbs are defective.
b. Assuming that both are defective, find the probability that they came from box one.
5. A train and a bus arrive at the station at random between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The train stops
for 10 minutes and the bus for x minutes. Find x so that the probability that the bus and the
train will meet equals 0.5.
Bus

60

10
Train
0 x 60