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EXERCISE 2

Name:___________ Class:___________

Instructions and Information


·Use black ink or ball-point pen.
·Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name and class.
·The total mark for this paper is 50.
·The marks for each question are shown in brackets
-use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
·Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

1 If P( A)  0.6 ， P ( A | B )  0.6125 and P ( B’)  0.2 , calculate P( A  B)

and P( B | A) . (10 marks)

2 Consider the experiment of tossing a coin twice. Let A be the event

the first toss is a Tail, B the event of one Head and one Tail and C be the

event of no more than one Tail.(10 marks)

a. List the sample space and the set of outcomes in each of A,B and C.

b. Test whether A and B are independent.

c. Test whether B and C are independent.

d. Use the addition formula to calculate P( B  A) .


3 Two six-sided dice are rolled.Calculate the probability that:

(10 marks)

a. the sum of eight is obtained.

b. the sum of eight is obtained but the numbers are not the same.

c. a sum of eight is obtained given the numbers are not the same.

d. the numbers are not the same given the sum of 8 is obtained.

4. Consider the set of five digits {2,6,7,8,9} . (20 marks)

Assume no repetition of digits in any one number can occur.

a. How many three-digit numbers can be formed from this set?

b. How many numbers with at least four digits can be formed?

c. How many five-digit odd numbers can be formed?

d. A five-digit number is chosen at random. What is the probability it

will be an odd number?

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