Question No:1- Two dice are thrown and the sum of the number which come up on the dice

is noted. Let us consider

the following events associated with this experiment?

Answer No:
 ‘the sum is even’.
 ‘the sum is a multiple of 3’ .
 ‘the sum is less then 4’ .
 ‘the sum is greater then 11’ .

Which pairs of these events are mutually exclusive.

Solve; S={ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ,7 ,8 , 9 , 10 , 11,12 }

A={ 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ,12 }
B={ 3 , 6 , 9 ,12 }
C={ 2 , 3 }
D={ 12 }

A∩B= { 6 , 12 } B ∩C={ 3 }
A∩C= { 2 } B ∩D={ 12 }
A∩D= { 12 } C ∩D= { ∅ }

C&D is mutually exclusive events.

Question No;2- Consider the experiment of rolling a die. Let a be the event ‘getting a prime number’. B be the event
getting an odd number. Write the sets representing the events
 A or B
 A and B
 A but not B
 ‘not A’.

Solve; Sample space S={ 1 , 2, 3 , 4 ,5 , 6 , }

A= { 2 , 3 ,5 }
B= { 1 , 3 ,5 }
Prime number
{ 2 , 3 ,5 , 7 , 11, 13 ,17 , 19 , 23 ,29 , 31 , 37 }
 A∪B={ 1 , 2, 3 , 5 }
 A∪B={ 3 , 5 }
 A-B={ 2 }
 A=S-A= { 1 , 4 , 6 }