Gollis University

Faculty of Electrical Engneering

Assignment 2 (Probability and Statistics)
Homework 4a: Probability Concepts
1) The number of cars sold at Ahmed Motors in each of the last five years was 55, 43. 72, 61
and 65. What is the probability of selling more than 64 cars next year? What is the probability
of selling less than 54 cars?
2) If you roll a six-sided die, what is the probability of?
a) Observing a number less than five?
b) Observing a number five or greater? (Show calculations by the compliment rule.)
c) Observing an even number or a three? (Show calculations by rules of addition.)
d) Observing an odd number or a three? (Show calculations by rules of addition.)
e)observing an even number, then a four on the 2ndroll?
3) A man has 12 shirts in his closet. Suppose 9 of these shirts are white and the others blue. He gets
dressed in the dark, so he just grabs a shirt and puts it on.
After two what is the probability of wearing two blue shirts on consecutive days?
4) In the movie contingency table (slide 24), what is the probability of randomly selecting a
person who has seen no movies and is a woman?
5) In words, explain the meaning of the circled number on slide 28?
6) How many different 3-person committees can be formed with five qualified candidates?
How many if different offices are important?

Slide 24
Exercise: A survey of 150 adults was taken recently. Each respondent was classified according to
two criteria; the number of movies they saw last month and their gender.

Slide 28