Assignment I
Assignment I
F / CDTE / 16
REV. NO. ISSUE DATE 00, 01-07-2018
ASSIGNMENT NO. 01
Que. CO BT
Question Description Marks
No. No. Level
Four cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the
probability that,
1. (i) They are a king, a queen, a jack and an ace. 5 CO 1 L2
(ii) There is one card of each suit.
(iii) There are two cards of Clubs and two cards of diamonds
If events A and B are independent then the events
2. (i) A and B̅ are independent 5 CO 1 L2
(ii) A̅ and B are independent
In a bolt factory, machines A, B, C manufacture respectively 25%,
35%, and 40% of the total. Of their output 5, 4, 2 per cent are known to
be defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the product and is
3. found to be defective. What are the probabilities that it was 5 CO 1 L2
manufactured by
(i) Machine A, (ii) Machine B or C
A box contains 3 red and 7 white balls. One ball is drawn at random
and its place a ball of other color is put in the box. Now the ball is
4. drawn at random from the box. Find the probability it is 5 CO 1 L2
of red color.
The probability that a management trainee will remain with the
company is 0.6. The probability that an employee earn more than Rs.
10,000 per month is 0.50. The probability that an employee is a
5. management trainee who remained with the company or who earns 5 CO 1 L2
more than Rs. 10,000 per month is 0.70. What is the probability that
an employee earns more than Rs. 10,000 per month, given that he is a
management trainee who stay with the company?
A piece of equipment will function only when all the three components
A, B and C are working. The probability that A failing over one year is
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0.15, that of the B failing is 0.05 and that of the C failing is 0.10. What
is the probability that equipment will fail before the end of one year?
In a class of 75 students, 15 were considered to be very intelligent, 45
as medium and the rest below average. The probability that a very
intelligent student fails in viva-voce examination is 0.005; the medium
7. student failing has probability 0.05; and corresponding probability for a 5 CO 1 L2
below average student is 0.15. If a student is known to have passed
the viva-voce examination, what is the probability that he is below
average?
What is the chance that a non-leap year should have fifty three
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Sundays?
Urn A contains 5 red and 3 white memory chips; the urn B contains 2
9. red and 6 white memory chips. If a chip is drawn from each box what 5 CO 1 L2
is the probability that they are both of the same colour?
A committee of 4 persons is to be appointed from 3 officers of the
production department, 4 officers of the purchase department, 2
officers of the sales department and 1 chartered accountant. Find the
10. probability of the committee in the following manner: 5 CO 1 L2
i) There must be one from each category.
ii) It should have at least one from the purchase department.
iii) The chartered accountant must be in the committee
In a certain college 25% of boys and 10% of girls are studying
mathematics. The girls constitute 60% of the students. If a student is
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selected at random and is found to be studying mathematics, find the
probability that the student is a (i) girl and (ii) a boy.
DR. G. S. SOLANKE
COURSE TEACHER