HOMEWORK_2

Topic 2: INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY

1. Two events, A and B, are mutually exclusive: and .

Find the probability that

a) Either A or B will occur

b) Both A and B will occur

c) Neither A nor B will occur

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

a) An English or psychology professor.

b) A mathematics or science professor.

c) A history, science, or mathematics professor.

d) An English, mathematics, or history professor.

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?

5. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters MISSISSIPPI.

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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:

a) All three selected will be women.

b) All three selected will be men.

c) Two men and one woman will be selected.

d) One man and two women will be selected.

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

c) Three men and one woman

d) One man and three women

e) Two men and two 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

a) There are exactly two professors on the committee?

b) All committee members are of the same rank?

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,

a) three of players will be chosen from team A;

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.

18. A number is selected at random from the set of natural numbers

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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

a) What is the probability of getting an even number?

b) What is the probability of getting a number larger than 20?

c) What is the probability that obtained number is between 22 and 30?

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?

b) Jim and Paula sitting next to one another.

21. A three-digit number is formed by arranging the digits 1, 5, and 6 in a random order.

a) List the sample space.

b) Find the probability of getting a number larger than 400.

c) What is the probability that an even number is obtained?