EM 224 Engineering Data Analysis

Assignment #1

Name: ____________________________

Course, Year, & Section: ____________

I. Solve the following probability problems and show your solution.

1. A survey of the type of accommodation a person lives in resulted in the following tables:

A person is selected at random. Find the probability that the person lives in a House.

2. 2 dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the faces
is divisible by either 3 or 5?

3. The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 2/3. What is the probability that it does not rain tomorrow?

4. Eight cards are in a box. The cards are numbered one through eight, respectively. The cards
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are blue, and the cards numbered 6, 7, and 8 are red. A single card is drawn
from the box at random. Find the probability that the card is blue or odd number.

5. In a class of 29 children, 15 like history and 21 like math. They all like at least one of the two subjects.
What is the probability that a child chosen at random from the class likes math but not history?