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This document contains 6 probability questions from a statistics tutorial for non-math majors at the University of Dar es Salaam. The questions cover topics like the probability of independent and dependent events, probability distributions, binary communication channels, sampling without replacement, and conditional probability.

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08-12June2020 SEM2 UDSM 1

University of Dar es Salaam


MT271: Statistics for Maths Non-majors
2019/2020

Tutorial 1

1. Two students A and B work independently on a given problem. The probability that A
will solve it is 3/4 and the probability that B will solve it is 2/3. What the probability
that the problem will be solved?

2. The probability that person A will live up to 60 years is 3/4 and the probability that
person B will live up to 60 years is 2/3. What is the probability that both A and B
will live up to 60 years?

3. A box contains four tickets with numbers 112, 121, 211, 222 and one ticket is drawn.
Let Ai (i = 1, 2, 3) be the event that the ith digit of the number of tickets drawn is 1.
Discuss the independence of the events A1 , A2 , A3 .

4. Three candidates A, B and C are selected for the position of a general manager in a
company whose chances of getting the appointment are in the proportion 4 : 2 : 3
respectively. The probability that if A is selected will improve the office canteen is
0.3. The probability of B and C doing the same are 0.5 and 0.8 respectively. What is
the probability that the office canteen will be improved?

5. For a certain binary communication channel, the probability that a transmitted ′ 0′ is


received as a ′ 0′ is 0.95 and the probability that a transmitted ′ 1′ is received as ′ 1′ is
0.90. If the probability that a ′ 0′ is transmitted is 0.4. Find the probability that (i) a ′ 1′
is received and (ii) a ′ 1′ was transmitted given that a ′ 1′ was received.

6. A lot consists of 10 good articles, 4 with minor defects and 2 with major defects. Two
articles are chosen from the lot at random (without replacement). Find the probability
that (i) both are good, (ii) both have major defects, (iii) at least 1 is good, (iv) at most
1 is good, (v) exactly 1 is good, (vi) neither has major defects and (vii) neither is good.

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