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Problems on Probability with solutions:

Example 1: A coin is thrown 3 times .what is the probability that at least 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) = ⅞

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 and 7 red balls. Two balls are selected one by one without

replacement. Find the probability that the first is green and the 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 = ⅙


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 suit = 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: 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 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 of 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 13: 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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