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This document contains a homework solution for a probability class. It includes solutions to 6 problems involving concepts like sample spaces, events, set operations, and probability calculations. The problems involve topics like finding the sample space and probabilities of events for experiments involving dice rolls and random number selection. Set diagrams are used to verify identities for set operations. Probability calculations use definitions of events and the properties of probability.

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EE 131A

Probability
Instructor: Professor Roychowdhury

Homework Solution 1
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Due: Wednesday, October 15, 2014

1. Problem 2.2 A die is tossed twice and the number of dots facing up in each toss is
counted and noted in the order of occurrence.
(a) Find the sample space.
(b) Find the set A corresponding to the event the number of dots in first toss is
not less than number of dots in second toss
(c) Find the set B corresponding to the event number of dots in first toss is 6
(d) Does A imply B or does B imply A?
(e) Find A B c and describe this event in words.
(f) Let C correspond to the event number of dots in dice differs by 2. Find A C
Solution: (a) We denote the outcome of this experiment as a pair of numbers (x, y)
where x is number of dots in the first toss and y is the number of dots in the second
toss. Then sample space S is given by S=
{(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6)
(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6)
(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6)
(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6)
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6)
(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}
(b) A = {(1, 1), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4)
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}
(c) B = {(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}
(d) We have B A, so B implies A.
(e) A B c = {(1, 1), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4)
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5)} and the event means The first toss cannot be less than
the second toss, and the first toss cannot be six.
(f) A C = {(6, 4), (5, 3), (4, 2), (3, 1)}
2. Problem 2.10 Use Venn diagrams to verify the set identities given in
Eqs.(2.2) A (B C) = (A B) C and A (B C) = (A B) C
Eqs.(2.3) A (B C) = (A B) (A C) and A (B C) = (A B) (A C)
You will need to use different colors or difference shadings to denote the various regions
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clearly.
Solution: Eqs.(2.2) is verified in Figure 1 and Eqs.(2.3) is verified in Figure 2

Figure 1: Venn diagrams for associative property


3. Problem 2.12 Show that if A B = A and A B = A then A = B
Solution: If A B = A, then B A.
If A B = A, then A B.
Therefore, if A B = A and A B = A, then A = B
4. Problem 2.19 A random experiment has sample space S = {1, 0, +1}.
(a) Find all the subsets of S.
(b) The outcome of a random experiment consists of pairs of outcomes from S
where the elements of the pair cannot be equal. Find the sample space S of this
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Figure 2: Venn diagrams for distributive property


experiment. How many subsets does S have?
Solution:
(a) , S, {1}, {0}, {1}, {1, 0}, {1, 1}, {0, 1}
(b)
S 0 = {(1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1), (0, 1), (1, 0)}
There are 26 = 64 subsets.
5. Problem 2.34 A number x is selected at random in the interval [1, 2]. Let the events
A = {x < 0},B = {|x 0.5| < 0.5}, and C = {x > 0.75}
(a) Find the probability of A,B, A B, A C.
(b) Find the probability of A B,A C,A B C, first, by directly evaluating
the sets and then their probabilities, and second, by using the appropriate axioms or
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corollaries.
Solution:
(a)
1
1
P [A] = length([1, 0]) =
3
3
1
1
P [B] = length([0, 1]) =
3
3
1
P [A B] = length() = 0
3
1
P [A C] = length() = 0
3
(b)
1
2
P [A B] = length([1, 1]) =
3
3
1
3
P [A C] = length([1, 0] [0.75, 2]) =
3
4
Using axioms:
2
3
3
P [A C] = P [A] + P [C] P [A C] =
4

P [A B] = P [A] + P [B] P [A B] =

6. Problem 2.36 The lifetime of a device behaves according to the probability law P [(t, )] =
1/t for t > 1. Let A be the event lifetime is greater than 4, and B the event lifetime
is greater than 8.
(a) Find the probability of A B and A B
(b) Find the probability of the event lifetime is greater than 6 but less than or
equal to 12.
Solution:
(a):
1
8
1
P [A B] = P [A] =
4

P [A B] = P [B] =

(b):
P = P [(6, 12)] =

1
1
1

=
6 12
12

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