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2. On a small college campus, there are five English professors, four mathematics professors, two science
professors, three psychology professors, and three history professors. If a professor is selected at random,
find the probability that the professor is the following
3. How many permutations of the set begin with a and end with c?
4. Roman has eight guests, two of whom are Asif and Vasif. If the guests will arrive in a random order, what
is the probability that Vasif will not arrive right after Asif?
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6. There are 20 chairs in a room numbered 1 through 20. If eight girls and 12 boys sit on these chairs at
random, what is the probability that the thirteenth chair is occupied by a boy?
7. If we put five math, six biology, eight history, and three literature books on a bookshelf at random, what is
the probability that all the math books are together?
8. A man has 20 friends. If he decides to invite six of them to his birthday party, how many choices does he
have?
9. A panel consists of 20 men and 20 women. How many choices do we have for a jury of six men and six
women from this panel?
10. In a company there are seven executives: four women and three men. Three are selected to attend a
management seminar. Find the following probabilities:
11. In a class of 18 students, there are 11 men and seven women. Four students are selected to present a
demonstration on the use of the calculator. Find the probability that the group consists of the following:
a) All men
b) All women
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12. From a faculty of six professors, six associate professors, 10 assistant professors, and 12 instructors, a
committee of size 6 is formed randomly. What is probability that
13. Almas has three sets of classics in literature, each set having four volumes. In how many ways can he put
them in a bookshelf so that books of each set are not separated?
14. Four teams (A, B, C, D) participate at a water polo championship. Each team consists of 13 players. Six
players are chosen randomly for the doping test such that every group of six (different) players is chosen
with the same probability. What is the probability that,
b) the number of players from team B is exactly twice the number of players from team A?
15. It was estimated that 35% of all students were seriously concerned about employment prospects, 20%
were seriously concerned about grades, and 15% were seriously concerned about both. What is the
probability that a randomly chosen student is seriously concerned about at least one of these two things?
16. In a statistics class there are 18 juniors and 10 a seniors; 6 of the seniors are females, and 12 of the
juniors are males. If a student is selected at random, find the probability of the following:
a) A junior or a female
b) A senior or a female
c) A junior or a senior
17. If a die is rolled three times, find the probability of getting at least one 6.
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. What is the probability that it is divisible by 4 but neither by 5 nor by 7?
19. There are four tickets numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. Suppose a two-digit number will be formed by first
drawing one ticket at random and then drawing a second ticket at random from remaining three.(For
instance, if the first ticket drawn shows 4 and the second shows 1, the number recorded is 41.) List the
sample space and determine the following probabilities
20. Three married couples have purchased theater tickets and are seated in a row consisting just six seats. If
they take their seats in a completely random fashion, what is the probability that
a) Jim and Paula (husband and wife) sit in the two seats on the far left?
21. A three-digit number is formed by arranging the digits 1, 5, and 6 in a random order.