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The document is an assignment for a Mathematics-II course focused on statistics and probability. It includes various probability problems and their solutions, covering topics such as classical definitions of probability, axioms of mathematical probability, and general addition rules. The assignment consists of multiple questions requiring calculations of probabilities in different scenarios.

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Probability

The document is an assignment for a Mathematics-II course focused on statistics and probability. It includes various probability problems and their solutions, covering topics such as classical definitions of probability, axioms of mathematical probability, and general addition rules. The assignment consists of multiple questions requiring calculations of probabilities in different scenarios.

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Subject Name: Mathematics-II

Subject Code: BSCM203


Assignment-1
Course: B.Tech Semester: 2

Module 4: Basics of Statistics & Probability

Topic: Classical definition of Probability & some important rules


Q1. Four persons are chosen from a group containing 3 men, 2 women and 4 children. Show that
the chance that exactly two of them will be children is 10/21.
Q2. X and Y stand in a line at random with 10 other people. What is the probability that there are
3 people between X and Y? Answer: 4/33
Q3. From hundred numbers 1 to 100, three distinct numbers are selected at random. Find the
probability that the selected numbers are divisible by 2 and 3. Answer: 4/1155
Q4.A retailer of wrist watches before accepting a lot of 50 watches tests at random 5 watches and
if they are all right, accepts the lot. Find the probability that a lot containing 3 defectives is
accepted by him. Answer: C (47, 5)/C (50, 5)
Topic: Axioms of Mathematical probability and General addition rule
Q1. Show that the probability that exactly one of the events A and B occurs is
(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵) − 2𝑃(𝐴𝐵).
Q2. Two dice are thrown n times in succession. What is the probability of obtaining ‘double six’
at least once? Find the least number of throws so that the probability of obtaining at least one
𝟑𝟓
‘double six’ will be greater than 1/2? Answer: 𝟏 − ( ) ; 25
𝟑𝟔

Q3. Two newspapers X and Y are published in a certain city. It is estimated from a survey that
16% read X, 14% read Y and 5% read both the newspapers. Find the probability that a randomly
selected person does not read any newspaper. Answer: 0.75
Q4.An integer is chosen at random from the first 100 positive integers. What is the probability that
the integer is divisible by 6 or 8? Answer: 6/25
Q5.The probability that it will rain today is 0.5, the probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.6.
The probability that it will rain either today or tomorrow is 0.7.What is the probability that it will
rain today and tomorrow? Answer: 0.4
Q6.When two dice are thrown, find the probability that difference of the points on the die is 2 or
3? Answer: 7/18
Q7.Find the probability of getting an even number on the first or a total of 8 in a single throw of
two dice. Answer: 5/9
Q8. The integers x and y are chosen at random (with replacement) from all first digit natural
numbers. Then find the probability that |𝑥2 − 𝑦2| is divisible by 2. Answer: 41/81
Q9. A bag contains 5 white and 4 black balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, what are the
probabilities of the following?
(i) 2 of them are white? Ans : 10/21
(ii) at most one of them is white Ans: 17/42
(ii) at least two are white. Ans : 25/42

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