Tutorial 2 – Probability

1. In a class 50 students, 30 takes Philosophy, 23 takes Sociology and 12 takes

both. What is the probability that randomly selected student
a. Takes Sociology
b. Does not take Philosophy
c. Takes Sociology or Philosophy
d. Takes Philosophy given that student takes Sociology
e. Takes Sociology given that student takes Philosophy
f. Takes Sociology but not Philosophy

2. Given that P(M) = 0.45, P(N) = 0.3 and P(MUN) = 0.615.

a. Is the two events M and N mutually exclusive?
b. Is the two events M and N, independent?
c. What is 𝑃(𝑀|𝑁)?

3. Let event C – taking English classes and D – taking speech classes.

Suppose 𝑃(𝐶) = 0.75, 𝑃(𝐷) = 0.3, 𝑃(𝐶|𝐷) = 0.75
Justify your answer to following questions numerically.
a. What is 𝑃(𝐶 ∩ 𝐷)?
b. Are C and D independent? Why?
c. Are C and D Mutually Exclusive? Why?

4. One card is drawn from the standard card pack. What is the probability of
drawing a
a. Number card
b. Spade or face card
c. Not a diamond card
Assume two cards are drown randomly without replacement form the card
pack. What is the probability of drawing
d. Two Jack cards
e. Face card and a number card
5. Survey of 478 students about most important thing about school, making
good grades, being popular or being good in sports. The students were from
rural, suburban and urban. The data are summarized in the table below.
Rural Suburban Urban Total
Good Grades 57 87 103 247
Being Popular 50 42 49 141
Good in Sports 42 22 26 90
Total 149 151 178 478
One student is selected, find the probability that student is
a. From urban
b. Thinks making good grades is more important
c. From rural and thinks being good in sport is more important
d. From suburban or likes to be more popular
e. From urban or suburban
f. Thinks making good grade is important, given that student selected is
from urban.
g. From rural, given that student selected is more popular