Tutorial 1
Tutorial 1
Que-1. Find the probability of a 4 turning up at least once in two tosses of a fair die.
Que-2. In how many ways can 10 objects be split into two groups containing 4 and 6 objects,
respectively?
Que-3. A shelf has 6 digital communication books and 4 Image processing books. Find the
probability that 3 particular digital communication books will be together.
Que-4. In one year, three awards (research, teaching, and service) will be given to a class of 25
postgraduate students in ECE department. If each student can receive at most one
award, how many possible selections are there?
Que-5. A die is loaded in such a way that an even number is twice as likely to occur as an odd
number. If 𝐴 is the event that a number less than 4 occurs on a single toss of the die,
find 𝑃(𝐴) .
Que-6. In Q.5, let 𝐴 be the event that an even number turns up and let 𝐵 be the event that a
number divisible by 3 occurs. Find 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) and 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) .
Que-7. A police department in a small city consists of 10 officers. If the department policy is
to have 5 of the officers patrolling the streets, 2 of the officers working full time at the
station, and 3 of the officers on reserve at the station, how many different divisions of
the 10 officers into the 3 groups are possible?
Que-8. Ten children are to be divided into an 𝐴 team and a 𝐵 team of 5 each. The 𝐴 team will
play in one league and the team in another. How many different divisions are possible?
Que-10. Suppose a telephone source generating two symbols dots & dashes. Here dots were
thrice as likely to occurs as the dashes. Find the probability of occurrence of both
symbols.