Random Variable

Assignment I
1. From a deck of 52 cards, Rohan picks up one at random. What is the probability of it being a
red non-face card? (Ans: 5/13)
2. You draw 2 cards randomly from a deck of 52 cards, what’s the probability that the 2 cards
have the same value or are of the same color?
3. Two marbles are chosen from a bag of 3 red, 5 white, and 8 green marbles, without
replacement! What’s the probability that one is white and one is green? (Ans: 1/3)
4. A class with 14 women and 16 men are choosing 6 people randomly to take part in an event!
What’s the probability that at least one woman is selected?
5. When you toss a coin 3 times, what’s the probability of getting an even number of heads?
(Ans: ½)
6. Suppose a box has 4 red marbles and 3 black ones. We select 2 marbles. What is the
probability that second marble is red given that the first one is red?
7. A box of candies has many different colors in it. There is a 15% chance of getting a pink
candy. What is the probability that exactly 4 candies in a box are pink out of 10? (Ans: 0.04)
8. A shop sells a par cular make of smart phone. It is assumed that the average daily sales of this type
of phone is 3. a) Find the probability that on a par cular day the shop sells
a> exactly 3 smart phones. B> at least 4 smart phones.
9. It is known that during the first hour of trading, customers arrive at a garden centre at the rate of 3
customers every 10 minutes. Determine the prob. that it is known that during the first hour of
trading, customers arrive at a garden centre at the rate of 3 customers every 10 minutes. (Ans:
0.1680)
10. A book containing 150 pages has 100 misprints. Find the probability that a par cular page contains
(a) no misprints, (b) 5 misprints, (c) at least 2 misprints (Poisson Distribu on)
11. The probability of a customer ordering the colour of a par cular model of new car in silver is 0.2.
Find the probability that in next 30 random orders there will be …
a) … exactly 10 orders in silver.
b) … at most 8 orders in silver.
(Ans: 0.0355, 0.8713)
12. The probability of a biased dice landing on 6 is 0.4. a) Find the mean and variance of the number of
“sixes” in 50 throws.
13. The me, T minutes, Jason takes to cycle to school is Normally distributed with a mean of 17 and a
variance of 8. Find the probability that on a given day Jason will take over 22 minutes to cycle to
school. (Hint: 1 - 𝜑( ))
14. The weights of walnut cakes, W grams, are Normally distributed with a mean of 460 and a standard
devia on of 10. Find the probability the weight of such cake will be between 465 and 475 grams
15. The con nuous random variable X is uniformly distributed in the interval [1,16]. The con nuous
random variable Y is related to X by the equa on Y = √𝑥 . Determine the probability density func on
of Y.