Name: Kiert Daniel G.

Moriles

Course: BSECE - 2

Subject: EDA 1

1. If a card is drawn from an ordinary deck, find the probability that it is heart.

Given:
There are 52 cards
There are 13 hearts in the card
Solution:
13
52 = .25 or 25% probability that it is heart.
2. What is the probability of getting at least 4 in one roll of a die?

A dice has 6 sides, and each number can only appear once in a one roll of a die. The probability
that a number will occur is 1/6

Hence, the probability of getting the number 4 is 1/6

Solution:

P (A) = 1/6 P (B) = 1/6

P ( A ∪ B ) = 1/6 + 1/6

= 1/3

P ( A ∪ B ) = 0.33 or 33% probability of getting at least 4 in one roll of a die.

3. A conference is attended by 10 social workers and 4 auditors. If four different participants are
randomly selected for a panel, find the probability that at least one is an auditor?

Solution:
P ( A ∩ B) = 4/14
P (A) = ¼
P (B) = 10/14
P ( A ∪ B ) = P (A) + P (B) – P ( A ∩ B)
P ( A ∪ B ) = ¼ + 10/14 – 4/14
= 27/28 – 4/14
= 19/28
P ( A ∪ B ) = 0.68 or 68% probability that at least one is an auditor.
4. Three red and four blue balls are put in a box. If two balls are chosen at random, find the
probability that one is a red and one is a blue ball.

Given:
3 red balls and 4 balls = 7 balls in a box
2 balls were chosen
S=7
Event A (Red Ball) = 3
Event B (Blue Ball) = 4
Solution:
7!
7C2 = 3C1 x 4C1 = 3 x 4
5! 2 !

7 x6 x5 x 4 x3 x 2x 1
= = 12
5 x 4 x3 x2 x1

= 21

Probability = 12/21
= 4/7
Probability = 0.57 or 57% probability that at least one editor.

5. The probability that a student passes Math is 2/3, and the probability that he passes English is
4/9. If the probability of passing at least one course is 4/5, what is the probability that he will
pass both courses?

Given:
P (A), Probability of a student passes Math A = 2/3
P (B), Probability of a student passes Math B = 4/9
P ( A ∩ B), Probability of a passing at least one course = 4/5
Solution:
P ( A ∩ B) = P (A) + P (B) - P ( A ∩ B)
P ( A ∩ B) = 2/3 + 4/9 – 4/5
= 10/9 – 4/5
= 14/45
P ( A ∩ B) = 0.31 or 31% probability that one is red and one is a blue ball.
6. Suppose a die is tossed. Let A be the event that an even number shows up and let B be the
event that an odd number shows. Find P (A ꓴ B).

Given:
S = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
=6
Event A = 2, 4, 6
=3
Event B = 1, 3, 5
=3
Solution:
P (A) = A/S = 3/6
P (A) = 1/3
P ( A ∪ B ) = P (A) + P (B)
= 1/3 + 1/3
= 2/3
P ( A ∪ B ) = 0.67 or 67 % that he will pass both courses.

7. A secretary commits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 encoding errors on a given hour with probabilities 0.09,

0.30, 0.25, 0.15, 0.10, and 0.06 respectively. Find the probability that on the next hour she will
commit more than 5 errors.

Given:
P (X) = F (X)
F (0) = 0.09
F (1) = 0.30
F (2) = 0.25
F (3) = 0. 15
F (4) = 0.10
F (5) = 0.06
Solution:
P (X > 5) = 1 – P (X=0) – P (X=1) – P (X=2) – P (X=3) – P (X=4) – P (X=5)
= 1 – 0.09 – 0.30 – 0.25 – 0.15 – 0.10 – 0.06
= 1/20
P (X > 5) = 0.05 probability that on the next hour she will commit more than 5 errors.
8. The probability that an American industry will locate in Shanghai, China, is 0.7, the probability
that it will locate in Beijing, China, is 0.4, and the probability that it will locate in Shanghai or
Beijing or Both is 0.8. what is the probability that the industry will locate

Given:
P (shanghai) = 0.7
P (Beijing) = 0.8
P (Shanghai or Beijing or Both) = 0.8
Formula:
P ( A ∪ B) = P (A) + P (B) - P ( A ∪ B)

a. In both cities?
Solution:
P ( A ∪ B) = P (A) + P (B) - P ( A ∪ B)
P (Both Cities) = P (Shanghai and Beijing)
= 0.7 + 0.4 – 0.8
= 3/10
P (Both Cities) = 0.3

b. In neither city?
Solution:
P (neither city) = 1 – P (shanghai or Beijing or Both)
= 1 – 0.8
= 1/5
P (neither city) = 0.2
9. In a poker hand consisting of five cards, find the probability of holding
a. 3 aces
Given:
The sample space has 52/5
3 aces from 4 aces. From the remaining 52 – 4 = 48 cards, then chooses 2 non-
aces to make a five card poker hand
P (3 Aces) = (4/3) (52 – 4 / 5 – 3) / (52/5)

Solution:
= 4! / 3! (4 – 3)! × 48! / 2! (48 – 2)! / 52! / 5! (52 – 5)!
= 2 (48) (47) (120) / 52 (51) (50) (49) (48)
= 94 / 54145
= 0.001736

b. 4 hearts and 1 club

Given:
There are total 13 hearts and 13 clubs
Choose 4 hearts from 13 hearts = 13/4
Choose 1 club from 13 clubs = 13/1
P (4 hearts and 1 clubs) = (13/4) (13/1) / (52/2)
Solution:
= 13! / 4! (13 – 4)! × 13! / 1! (13 – 1)! / 52! / 5! (52 – 5)!
= 13 (12) (11) (10) (5) (13) / 52 (51) (50) (49) (48)
= 143 / 39984
= 0.003576

10. Suppose that we have a fuse box containing 20 fuses, of which 5 are defective. If 2 fuses are
selected at random and removed from the box in succession without replacing the first, what is
the probability that both fuses are defective?

Solution:

5 4 1
( )
20 19 = 9 or 0.0526
11. A random sample of 200 adults are classified below by sex and their level of education attained.

Education Male Female

Elementary 38 45
Secondary 28 50
College 22 17
If a person is picked at random from this group, find the probability that

a. The person is a male, given that the person has secondary education;

Solution:
The probability that a person is a male, given that the person has secondary
education is:

P (Male / Secondary education) = 28 / 78

= 14/39 or 0.358 or 36% a person is a male, given

that the person has secondary education.

b. The person does not have a college degree, given that the person is a female.

Solution:
The probability that a person does not have a college degree, given that the person
is a female:

45+50 95
P (Not college degree / Female) = =
112 112
95
= or 0.848 or 85% a person does not have a
112
college degree, given that the person is a female.