a gy University of Venda FACULTY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES 2023 FIRST SEMESTER SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS PAPER Module Code STAI142/1542 Module Name Introduction to probability Duration 3 Hours Number of Pages 3 Total Marks : 100 Internal Examiner(s) ‘TH Tshisikhawe Internal Moderator Dr. TB Mulaudzi GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 1, Notes, files, textbooks, or any other aids are not allowed in the examination room. 2, Mobile phones (cell phones), computers and iPads/tablets ere not allowed. 3. Please remember to write your name, sumname and student number on the examination script (answer book), 4. By accepting this examination question paper, you agree to abide by University of Venda's Rules and Regulations. 5. Rough work can only be done in your examination answer book and clearly indicate as such) MODULE-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS + Answer all the questions and start each question on a new page.QU. (@) How many different 6 place license plates are possible if the first 3 places are to be occupied by letters and the finals 3 by numbers when repetitions are allowed and when no repetitions ate allowed? 4 (b) There are 20 teachers and 100 students in a school. How many ways can we pick ‘ teacher and student of the year? B (c) How many different ordered anangemiants of the letters a, b, ¢ axe possible? [2] (a) Hoy many different letter arrangements can be formed from the word PEP- PER? el (@) Suppose there are 4 SA tennis players, 4 Kenyon players, ond 3 ‘Tanzanion players, in how many ways could they be arranged? a (£) How many ways can one choose a committee of 3 ont of 10 people? Q (e) Suppose there are 9 men and 8 women, How many ways can we choose committee that: has 2 men and 3 women? e (h) There are 10 flags:5 indistinguishable Blue flags, 3 indistinguishable Red flags. and 2 indistinguishable Yellow flags. How many different ways can we order them on a flag pole? 2 (i) A college planning committee consists of 8 freshmen, 4 sophomores, 6 juniors, and 2 seniors. A subcommittee of 4 consists 1 person from cach class. How many? el (20 marks) Q2. (a) Two events A and B ave such that P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.8 and P(ANB) = 0.1. Caleulate (i) PAB) 2 (i) P(B|A) 2 (ii) PY4|AUB) RB Gv) PU|ANB) pl () PAN B)AUB) Bi [10 marks} Q8. (a) Consider an experiment where you roll two dice (i) What is the sample space for the experiment? 3) (Gi) Write the event A= the two dies come up even aud equal pe (ii) White the event B= the sum of the two dice is 8 eB) (iv) Find AUB, AMB and B’ isl (b) Pat wants to take a Biology course or a Statistics course. Given that the students take Biology, the probability that they get an A is {. While the probability of getting, an A given that the student took Statistics is }. If Pat makes a decision on the course to take randomly, what's probability of getting an A in Statistis? Bi page tof 8{e) A total of 500 macried couples are poled about salaries: ‘Maniied couples salary Husband makes | Husband” makes less than 25,000 | more than 25,000 Wife mater Tass | 212 198 ‘than 25,000, Wife makes | 36 4 more than 25,000 (i) Find P(thatwH usbandearnstessthan25, 000) 2 (i) Find P(wifemakes > 25,000|Hushandmakes > 25,000) 2 (ai) Find P(wifemokes > 25,000|Husbandmakes < 25,000) 2 (22 marks) Q4. (a) Suppose that 30% of the women in a class received an A on the test, 25% of the ‘men received an A. 60% of the class are women. Given that @ person chosen at random received an A, what is the probability this person is a woman? [3] (b) Suppose in Factory with Machines 1, I, III producing IPhones. Machines 1, Il, III produce 2%, 1%, and 3% defective iPhones, respectively. Out of total prodoction, Machines 1 makes 36% of all IPhones, Machine II makes 25%, and machine [lI makes 40%. If one IPhone is selected at random from the factory, ()) What is probability that one IPhone selected is detective? fl (Gi) What is the conditional probability that if an TPhone is defective, that it was produced by machine III? {4 (c) Let the random variable X have density f(x) = 2,0 << 3, find k, 6 (a) Find P(X = 2), P(X < 2) aud P(X > 2) when (2) (c)u=64,p=0.0125 (d) n=16,p=0.05, (@) Find P(X = 2), P(X < 2) and P(X > 2) when (a) = 08 (b} A= 20) A=10 (6) {27 marks) Q5. (a) A fair coin is tossed 8 times. Let the random variable X denote the number of heads in 3 tosses of the coin. ()) Find the sample space and the probability density function of X. (4) (Gi) Find tho enmulative distribution function of X. Plot the graph of the en= lative distribution fhnction of X. 4) (b) Let $= 1,2,3,4,5,6 and X(1) = X(2) = 1 and X(3) = X(4) = 3 and X(5) = X(@)=5 page 2.0f 3(i) Find B(X) 8) (ii) Find Var(x) it} (©) If the rondom variable X possestes the density function given by S(t) = cx <2<2 und 0, elsewhere then, ) hot is the value of c for which f(x) is a probability density function? [3] (Gi) What is the cumulative distribution function of X. 8) [2 marks} END OF EXAMINATION page Sof 8