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Probability and Random Process

(Worksheet_1)

(Part_1: Discussion)

1. Discuss the following.


a) Mutually exclusive events
b) Exhaustive events
c) Equally likely events
d) Dependent and independent events
e) Random variable
2. Define probability using an axiomatic approach.
3. Discuss the application areas of probability in the field of Electrical Engineering.

(Part_2: Workout)

4. A pair of dice is rolled and the faces are noted. Let A be the sum of the faces is odd, B be the sum of
the faces exceeds 8, and C be the faces are different, then

Find:

a) P (A|C)
b) P (B|C)
c) P(A|B)
5. A number is selected randomly from the digits 11 through 19. Consider the events given as:
𝐴 = {11, 14, 16, 18, 19}, 𝐵 = {12, 14, 18, 19}, 𝐶 = {13, 15, 18, 19},

Find:

a) 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵)
b) 𝑃(𝐴|𝐶)
c) 𝑃(𝐵|𝐶)
d) 𝑃 (𝐵|𝐴)
6. Consider 𝐴 & 𝐵 are two possible outcomes of a random experiment and suppose 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.3, 𝑃(𝐴Ս𝐵) =
0.6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(𝐵) = 𝐾, for what value of ′𝐾′ are 𝐴 & 𝐵
a) Mutually exclusive?
b) Independent?
7. An Internet packet travels from its source to router 1, from router 1 to router 2, and from router 2 to its
destination. If routers drop packets independently with the probability ‘𝑝’, what is the probability that a
packet is successfully transmitted from its source to its destination?

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8. In rolling a die, consider the events are: A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, and B = {3, 4, 5, 6}, then find 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵).
9. Suppose a six-sided die is rolled. Find the probability of getting the number 5 given that an even number
has occurred.
10. Suppose two six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability of the event that the sum of the two dice
is 6 given that the first die is 3?
11. Consider the following contingency table:

Right-handed Left-handed Total


Male 0.41 0.08 0.49

Female 0.45 0.06 0.51

Total 0.86 0.14 1

Find the probability that the randomly selected person is:

a) A male given that he is right-handed


b) A right-handed given that he is a male
c) A female given that she is left-handed
Are the events of being a female and being left-handed independent? (Justify your answer).
12. A speaks truth in 60% of cases and B in 70% of cases. Find the probability that they will say the same
while describing a single event?
13. Suppose the discrete random variable ′𝑋′ has a probability mass function given by:

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𝑃𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 1, 2, 3, … , 𝑚.
𝑚

0 otherwise
Where ′𝑚′ is a fixed positive integer larger than 1.
Find the expected value of the discrete random variable ′𝑋′.
14. Suppose a random variable 𝑋 has the probability distribution given below.

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝑃𝑋 (𝑥) c 2c 3c 4c 5c 6c 7c 8c

Find:

a) The constant ‘𝑐’


b) 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 2)
c) 𝑃(2 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 5)
d) 𝑃(𝑋 > 5)

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15. Show that 𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) is a valid pdf for the following.
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a) 𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 1, 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3
6

0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

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b) 𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑥2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0, 1, 2, 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4
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0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

𝑥
c) 𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0, 2, 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 6
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0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

16. Given the following distribution,


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𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑥 𝑓𝑜𝑟 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3
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1
2− 𝑥 𝑓𝑜𝑟 3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4
2

0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑃(2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4).

17. Given the following probability distribution;

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
𝑃𝑋 (𝑥) c 3c 5c 7c 9c 11c 13c
Find the following.

a) 𝑃(𝑋 < 4), 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 5), 𝑃(3 < 𝑋 ≤ 6)


b) What will be the minimum value of ′𝑐’ so that 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 2) > 0.3?
18. Let X be a discrete random variable with the following PMF:

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19. Let X be a discrete random variable with the following cumulative distribution function (CDF):

Find the range and probability mass function (PMF) of X.


20. Suppose that X is a continuous random variable whose density function is given by:

𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑐𝑥 2 0<𝑥<1

0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Then, find the following.

a) Value of ‘c’ for which the given density function is valid.


b) 𝑃(𝑋 < 0.5), 𝑃(𝑋 > 1)
c) 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑋

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