Probability Theory

PROBLEM SET 2

Directions: Solve the following problems below. Show the solution of each problem only using.
sheets of pad paper or word file.
1. How many three digit multiple of 3 formed out of the digits1, 3, 4, 5 where repetition of the
digits is (5pts.)
a. allowed? b. not allowed?
2. How many different three letter “words” can be formed from DEAR if each “word” ends
with D or R. (5pts.)
3. Two wheels of chance are spun. the first is marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and the second is 1, 2, 3. Or
both wheels each number is equally likely, how many ways can the following be obtained?
(5pts.)
a. exactly one is odd? b. at least one is odd?
4. How many ways can 3 identical white shirts, 2 identical red shirts and a blue shirt be
arranged in a clothesline? (5pts.)
5. How many even three-digit positive integers can be written using the digits 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8?
(5pts.)
6. In how many ways can 12 children be seated in a twelve-seated ferries wheel? (5pts.)

7. A flower vase contains 6 red roses, 4 white roses and 2 pink roses. In how many ways can
we select 3 roses such that there are at most three red roses? (5pts.)

8. A group of 62 students were surveyed, and it was found that each of the students surveyed
liked at least one of the following three fruits: apples, bananas, and oranges. (Show the Venn
Diagrams) (10pts.)

34 liked apples.
30 liked bananas.
33 liked oranges.
11 liked apples and oranges.
15 liked bananas and oranges.
17 liked apples and bananas.
19 liked exactly two of the following fruits: apples, bananas, and oranges.

a. How many students liked apples, but not bananas or oranges?

b. How many students liked oranges, but not bananas or apples?
c. How many students liked all the following three fruits: apples, bananas, and oranges?
d. How many students liked both apples and oranges?
e. How many had nothing?

9. A box contains 4 one thousand bills, 6 five hundred bills, and 3 one hundred bills. A bill is
randomly selected from the box and laid aside without anyone seeing it. Then a
second bill is selected from the box. What is the probability that
a. the second bill is a one thousand bill?
b. the second bill is either a one thousand or a five hundred bill?