SIP assignment 13 (21-23)

Probability
Instructions:
1) Write name and roll no on assignments.
2) Assignment without name and roll no. will be considered as copy.
3) Copy cases will be strictly dealt with.
4) Write complete solution neatly. Only answer not allowed.

1. If two dice are thrown simultaneously, then find the probability that the sum of numbers appeared on the
dice is 6 or 7?
2. Out of 17 applicants, there are 8 boys and 9 girls. Two persons are to be selected for the job. Find the
probability that at least one of the selected persons will be a girl.
3. In a race where 12 cars are running, the chance that car X will win is 1/6, that Y will win is 1/10 and that Z will
win is 1/8. Assuming that a dead heat is impossible, find the chance that one of them will win.
4. The probability that Alex will solve a problem is 1/5. What is the probability that he solves at least one
problem out of 4 problems?
5. What is the probability that in the rearrangements of the word AMAZED, the letter ’E’ is positioned in
between the 2 ’A’s (Not necessarily flanked)?
6. Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the sum of the number on the two faces is
divisible by 4?
7. A bag contains 5 red and 3 green balls. Another bag contains 4 red and 6 green balls. If one ball is drawn
from each bag. Find the probability that one ball is red and one is green.
8. In a charity show, tickets numbered consecutively from 101 through 350 are placed in a box. What is the
probability that a ticket selected at random (blindly) will have a number with a hundredth digit of 2?
9. A bag contains 21 toys numbered 1 to 21. A toy is drawn and then another toy is drawn without
replacement. Find the probability that both toys will show even numbers.
10. When 3 fair coins are tossed together, what is the probability of getting 2 tails?
11. There are four inns in a town. If 3 men check into the inns in a day, then what is the probability that each
checks into a different inn?
12. Eleven books, consisting of five Engineering books, four Mathematics books and two Physics books, are
arranged in a shelf at random. What is the probability that the books of each kind are all together?
13. Find the probability that a number selected from numbers 1, 2, 3,..., 20 is a prime number, when each of the
given numbers is equally likely to be selected?
14. In a box, there are 5 blue, 8 white and 3 yellow bulbs. One bulb is picked up randomly. What is the
probability that it is neither white nor blue?
15. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If head appears on the first four tosses, then the probability of appearance of
tail on the fifth toss is.