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Prob HW

This document contains 10 problems involving probability concepts such as events, sample spaces, probabilities of unions and intersections of events, binomial and exponential distributions, and probabilities of success on independent trials. The problems cover a range of topics including tossing coins, rolling dice, birthdays, gambling games, airplane engine failures, waiting times at a post office, helicopter weight limits, and performing trials until a specified number of successes occur.

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Prob HW

This document contains 10 problems involving probability concepts such as events, sample spaces, probabilities of unions and intersections of events, binomial and exponential distributions, and probabilities of success on independent trials. The problems cover a range of topics including tossing coins, rolling dice, birthdays, gambling games, airplane engine failures, waiting times at a post office, helicopter weight limits, and performing trials until a specified number of successes occur.

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P1. Let E, F, G be three events.

Find expressions for the events that out of E, F, G,


(a) only F occurs,
(b) both E and F but not G occurs,
(c) at least one event occurs,
(d) at least two events occur,
(e) all three events occur,
(f) none occurs,
(g) at most one occurs,
(h) at most two occur.
(Hint: The answer for (c) is E F G.)
P2. Let E, F, G be three events. Find P{E F G} function of P{E}, P{F}, P{G},
P{E F}, P{E G}, P{F G}, and P{E F G}.
P3. A fair coin is to be tossed until a head appears twice in a row. What is the sample
space for this experiment? What is the probability that the coin will be tossed exactly
four times?
P4. Suppose that two fair dice are rolled.
(a) What is the probability that both rolls show even numbers?
(b) What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers is 10?
(c) What is the probability that the two numbers differ by at least 3?
P5. Consider a group of 10 persons. What is the probability that no two persons of the
group have the same birthday?

P.6 In a gambling casino game you select a number between 1 and 6 before three fair
dice are rolled. The casino pays you as many dollars as the number of dice that match
your selection. If there is no match, you pay the casino $1. What is the expected pay-off
of this game?

P.7 Suppose that an airplane engine will fail, when in flight, with probability 1 p
independently from engine to engine. Suppose that the airplane will make a successful
flight if at least 50% of its engines remain operative. For what value of p is a two-engine
plane preferable to a four-engine plane?

P.8 A post office is run by two clerks. Mr. Smith enters the office and finds the two
clerks busy serving Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown. The amount of time a clerk spends with a
customer is exponentially distributed with mean 20 minutes.
(a) What is the probability that, out of the three customers Mr. Smith is the last to leave
the post office?
(b) What is the probability that Mr. Smith waits for 30 minutes before being served?
P.9 The weight of individuals who seek a helicopter ride in a park is 180 lb with a
standard deviation of 5 lb. The helicopter can carry five persons but has a maximum
weight capacity of 1000 lb. What is the probability that the helicopter cannot fly with five
persons aboard?
P.10 Suppose independent trials, each having a probability p of being a success, are
performed until k success occur. What is the probability that n trials are performed?

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