National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Department of Mathematics

Course: Introduction to Probability and Statistics (MA2203) Assignment-I

Answer the all following questions: [5 × 10 = 50]

1. Let A and B be two events. If P (A) = 0.2, P (B) = 0.4, P (A ∪ B) = 0.6, then find the
value of P (A/B).

2. If A and B are two independent events such that P (Ā) = 0.7, P (B̄) = x and P (A ∪ B) =
0.8, then x is equal to

5 3 2 1
(i) 7
(ii) 7
(iii) 7
(iv) 7

3. In an examination 30% of the students failed in Mathematics, 15% of the students failed
in English and 10% of the students failed in both English and Mathematics. A student
is chosen at random. If he failed in English, then what is the probability that he passed
in Mathematics?

4. There are two identical boxes. The first box contains 5 white, 7 red balls and the second
box contains 5 white, 5 red balls. One box is chosen at random and a ball is drawn from
it. If the ball drawn is found to be white, calculate the probability that it is drawn from
the first box.

5. A bag contains 3 red and 5 black balls and a second bag contains 6 red and 4 black balls.
One ball is drawn from each bag. Then what is the probability that one of the two balls
is red and the other is black?

6. Two independent events E and F are such that P (E ∩ F ) = 61 , P (E c ∩ F c ) = 1

3
and
P (E) − P (F ) > 0. Then, P (F c ) =

2 1 1 1
(i) 3
(ii) 2
(iii) 3
(iv) 6

7. A box of fuses contains 20 fuses, of which five are defective. If three of the fuses are
selected at random and removed from the box in succession without replacement, what
is the probability that all three fuses are defective?

8. The members of a consulting firm rent cars from three rental agencies: 60 percent from
agency 1, 30 percent from agency 2, and 10 percent from agency 3. If 9 percent of the
cars from agency 1 need a tune-up, 20 percent of the cars from agency 2 need a tune-up,
and 6 percent of the cars from agency 3 need a tune-up, what is the probability that a
rental car delivered to the firm will need a tune-up?

9. A coin is tossed three times in succession. If E is the event that there are atleast two
heads and F is the event in which first throw is a head, then P (E/F )=
 3 3 1 1
(i) 4
(ii) 8
(iii) 2
(iv) 8

10. One hundred identical coins, each with probability p of showing up heads are tossed once.
If 0 < p < 1 and the probability of heads showing on 50 coins is equal to that of heads
showing on 51 coins, then find the value of p.

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