Probability: Practice problems

1. A bag contains 6 red marbles and 4 black marbles. Two marbles are drawn with
replacement from the bag. What is the probability that both marbles are black?
2. A bag contains 6 red marbles and 4 black marbles. Two marbles are
drawn without replacement from the bag. What is the probability that both of
the marbles are black?
3. Draw two cards from a standard 52-card deck with replacement. Find the
probability of getting at least one black card.
4. The probability that I will wear a red shirt tomorrow is 30%, and the probability
that I will eat a burrito on Sunday is 20%. The probability that I will wear a red
short tomorrow and eat a burrito on Sunday is 6%. Are the two events
independent?
5. A box contains 30 red balls and 60 other balls that are either black or yellow. It
is unknown how many black or how many yellow balls there are, but that the
total number of black balls plus the total number of yellow equals 60.
a. What is probability of drawing a red ball?
b. What is probability of drawing a black ball?
c. What is probability of drawing a red or yellow ball?
d. What is probability of drawing a black or yellow ball?
6. Helen plays basketball. For free throws, she makes the shot 60% of the time. The
probability that Helen makes the second free throw, given that she made the first
is 75%. Helen must now attempt two free throws. What is the probability that
Helen makes neither free throw?
7. A student goes to the library. Let events B = the student checks out a book
and D = the student checks out a DVD. Suppose that P(B) = 0.40, P(D) = 0.30
and P(B AND D) = 0.20.
a. Calculate P(B|D).
b. Calculate P(D|B).
c. Are B and D independent?
d. Are B and D mutually exclusive?
8. Let event A = learning Spanish. Let event B = learning German.
Then A AND B = learning Spanish and German. Suppose P(A) = 0.4 and P(B)
= 0.2. P(A AND B) = 0.08. Are events A and B independent? Hint: You must
show ONE of the following:
a. P(A|B) = P(A)
b. P(B|A) = P(B)
c. P(A AND B) = P(A)P(B)