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The document provides 14 examples of probability problems and their solutions. It covers topics like probability of outcomes when coins, dice or cards are used; probability of events occurring from a sample space; probability of sums when multiple dice are thrown; and probability of arrangements around a circular table. The problems demonstrate calculating probabilities using formulas like number of favorable cases over total number of cases, or 1 minus the probability of the non-occurrence of the event.

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Example 1

The document provides 14 examples of probability problems and their solutions. It covers topics like probability of outcomes when coins, dice or cards are used; probability of events occurring from a sample space; probability of sums when multiple dice are thrown; and probability of arrangements around a circular table. The problems demonstrate calculating probabilities using formulas like number of favorable cases over total number of cases, or 1 minus the probability of the non-occurrence of the event.

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Example 1: 

A coin is thrown 3 times .what is the probability that atleast one head is
obtained?
Sol: Sample space = [HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, TTH, THT, HTT, TTT]
Total number of ways = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8.  Fav. Cases = 7
P (A) = 7/8
OR
P (of getting at least one head) = 1 – P (no head) ⇒ 1 – (1/8) = 7/8

Example 2: Find the probability of getting a numbered card when a card is drawn from the
pack of 52 cards.
Sol: Total Cards = 52. Numbered Cards = (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 9 from each suit 4 × 9 =
36
P (E) = 36/52 = 9/13

Example 3: There are 5 green 7 red balls. Two balls are selected one by one without
replacement. Find the probability that first is green and second is red.
Sol: P (G) × P (R) = (5/12) x (7/11) = 35/132

Example 4: What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 when two dice are thrown?
Sol:  Probability math - Total number of ways = 6 × 6 = 36 ways. Favorable cases = (1, 6) (6,
1) (2, 5) (5, 2) (3, 4) (4, 3) --- 6 ways. P (A) = 6/36 = 1/6

Example 5: 1 card is drawn at random from the pack of 52 cards.


(i) Find the Probability that it is an honor card.
(ii) It is a face card.
Sol: (i) honor cards = (A, J, Q, K) 4 cards from each suits = 4 × 4 = 16
P (honor card) = 16/52 = 4/13
(ii) face cards = (J, Q, K) 3 cards from each suit = 3 × 4 = 12 Cards.
P (face Card) = 12/52 = 3/13

Example 6: Two cards are drawn from the pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that both
are diamonds or both are kings.
Sol: Total no. of ways = 52C2
Case I: Both are diamonds = 13C2
Case II: Both are kings = 4C2 
P (both are diamonds or both are kings) = (13C2 + 4C2 ) / 52C2
Example 7: Three dice are rolled together. What is the probability as getting at least one '4'?
Sol: Total number of ways = 6 × 6 × 6 = 216. Probability of getting number ‘4’ at least one
time
= 1 – (Probability of getting no number 4) = 1 – (5/6) x (5/6) x (5/6) = 91/216

Example 8: A problem is given to three persons P, Q, R whose respective chances of solving
it are 2/7, 4/7, 4/9 respectively. What is the probability that the problem is solved?
Sol: Probability of the problem getting solved = 1 – (Probability of none of them solving the
problem)

Probability of problem getting solved = 1 – (5/7) x (3/7) x (5/9) = (122/147)

Example 9: Find the probability of getting two heads when five coins are tossed.
Sol: Number of ways of getting two heads = 5C2 = 10. Total Number of ways = 25 = 32
P (two heads) = 10/32 = 5/16

Example 10: What is the probability of getting a sum of 22 or more when four dice are
thrown?
Sol: Total number of ways = 64 = 1296. Number of ways of getting a sum 22 are 6,6,6,4 = 4! /
3! = 4
6,6,5,5 = 4! / 2!2! = 6. Number of ways of getting a sum 23 is 6,6,6,5 = 4! / 3! = 4.
Number of ways of getting a sum 24 is 6,6,6,6 = 1.
Fav. Number of cases = 4 + 6 + 4 + 1 = 15 ways. P (getting a sum of 22 or more) = 15/1296 =
5/432

Example 11: Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the number obtained
on one of the dice is multiple of number obtained on the other dice?
Sol:Total number of cases = 62 = 36
Since the number on a die should be multiple of the other, the possibilities are
(1, 1) (2, 2) (3, 3) ------ (6, 6) --- 6 ways
(2, 1) (1, 2) (1, 4) (4, 1) (1, 3) (3, 1) (1, 5) (5, 1) (6, 1) (1, 6) --- 10 ways
(2, 4) (4, 2) (2, 6) (6, 2) (3, 6) (6, 3) -- 6 ways
Favorable cases are = 6 + 10 + 6 = 22. So, P (A) = 22/36 = 11/18

Example 12: From a pack of cards, three cards are drawn at random. Find the probability that
each card is from different suit.
Sol: Total number of cases = 52C3
One card each should be selected from a different suit. The three suits can be chosen
in 4C3 was
The cards can be selected in a total of (4C3) x (13C1) x (13C1) x (13C1)
Probability = 4C3 x (13C1)3 / 52C3
= 4 x (13)3 / 52C3

Example 13: Find the probability that a leap year has 52 Sundays.
Sol: A leap year can have 52 Sundays or 53 Sundays. In a leap year, there are 366 days out of
which there are 52 complete weeks & remaining 2 days. Now, these two days can be (Sat,
Sun) (Sun, Mon) (Mon, Tue) (Tue, Wed) (Wed, Thur) (Thur, Friday) (Friday, Sat).
So there are total 7 cases out of which (Sat, Sun) (Sun, Mon) are two favorable cases. So,  P
(53 Sundays) = 2 / 7
Now, P(52 Sundays) + P(53 Sundays) = 1
So, P (52 Sundays) = 1 - P(53 Sundays) = 1 – (2/7) = (5/7)

Example 14: Fifteen people sit around a circular table. What are odds against two particular
people sitting together?
Sol: 15 persons can be seated in 14! Ways. No. of ways in which two particular people sit
together is 13! × 2!
The probability of two particular persons sitting together 13!2! / 14! = 1/7
Odds against the event = 6 : 1

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