Eda (Ass3)

Republic of the Philippines
ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY

Region IX, Western Mindanao
R.T. Lim Boulevard Baliwasan, Zamboanga City Telephone No.: (062) 991-
3815 / 993-0023
ASSIGNMENT-3
Answer the following problem.
1. If the probability are, respectively, 0.09, 0.15, 0.21, and 0.23 that a person purchasing a new automobile will choose
green, white, red, or blue. What is the probability that a given buyer will purchase a new automobile that commes in one
of those colors? (68% Ans.)
2. A standard deck of 52 playing cards is thoroughly shuffled. The probability that the first three cards dealt from the deck
will be hearts is closest to? (3.69x10^-6 Ans.)
3. SITUATION-1
A box has 5 red balls, 6 blue balls, and 4 green balls. If two balls are drawn randomly w/o replacement, determine the
probability that:
a. Both balls are green. (2/35 Ans.)
b. one is blue and other is red. (2/7 Ans.)
c. Both balls have the same color. (31/105 Ans.)
4. Suppose you randomly select two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards w/o replacement. What is the probability that
both cards are red or Aces? (63/221 Ans.)
5. In a carnival game, a person can win a prize by guessing w/c one of 5 identical boxes contains the prize. After each guess,
if the prize has been won, a new prize is randomly placed in one of the 5 boxes. If the prize has not been won, then the
prize is again randomly placed in one of the 5 boxes. If a person makes 5 guesses, what is the probability that the person
wins a prize exactly 2 times? (20.48 Ans.)
6. What is the probability that the total of two dice will be greater than 9, given that the first die is a 5? (1/3)
7. Event A occurs with the probability 0.35 and event B occurs with probability 0.42. if A and B are independent, what is
the probability that both events A or B will happen. (62.3% Ans.)
8. The probability that a construction generator will operate satisfactorily for 5 years is 0.80 and that a welding machine
will operate satisfactorily over the same period of time is 0.75. find the probabilities that in a 5 year period both generator
and welding machine operate satisfactorily. (60% Ans.)
9. The probability that both stages of two-stage missile will function correctly is 0.95. the probability that the first stage
will function correctly is 0.98. What is the probability that the second stage will function correctly given that the first one
does? (96.9% Ans.)
10. A jar contains black and white marbles. Two marbles are chosen w/o replacement. The probability of selecting a black
marble and then a white marble is 0.34. and the probability of selecting a black marble on the first draw is 0.47. what is
the probability of selecting a white marble on the second draw, given that the first marble drawn was black? (72%)
11. Your neighbor has 2 children. You learn that he has a son, Joe. What is the probability that Joe’s sibling is a brother?
(33.33% Ans.)
12. Wilson’s wallet contains six P100 bills, five P500 bills, and one P100 bill. If Wilson randomly removes two bills without
replacement, determine the probability that the blls will total P1500. (5/66 Ans.)
13. A truth serum given to a suspect is known to be 90% reliable when the person is guilty and 99% reliable when the
person is innocent in other words, 10% of the guilty are judged innocent by the serum and 1% of the innocent are judged
guilty. If the suspect was selected from a group of suspects of w/c only 5% have ever committed a crime. And the serum
indicates that he is guilty. What is the probability that he is innocent? (17% Ans.)
14. You toss a fair coin three times. Given that you have observed at least one head. What is the probability that you
observe at least two heads? (4/7 Ans.)
15. Out of 50 people surveyed in a study, 35 smokes in w/c there are 20 males. What is the probability if the person
surveyed is a smoker and then he is a male? (1/7 Ans.)
16. The probability of raining on Tuesday is 0.07 if today is Tuesday then fin the probability of rain today? (49%)
17. A class of 4 boys and 12 girls. If three students are selected at random from the class, what is the probability that they
are all girls? (11/28 Ans.)
18. Two urns, A and B. Urn A contains 3 red and 2 white marbles. Urn B contains 2 red and 5 white marbles. An urn is
selected at random; a marble is drawn and put into the other urn; then a marble is drawn from the second urn. Find the
probability that both marbles drawn are of the same color. (901/1680 Ans.)
19. The probability that a man will live 10 more years is ¼, And the probability that his wife will live 10 more years is 1/3.
Find the probability that neither will be alive in 10 years? (50% Ans.)
20. The probability that three men hit a target are respectively 1/6, ¼, and 13. Each shoot once at the target. Find the
probability that exactly one of them hits the target? (31/72 Ans.)
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