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Assignment 1 Basics of Probability Basic Probability

The document is an assignment on basic probability with a submission date of 13/12/2024. It includes 36 questions covering various probability scenarios involving coins, dice, cards, marbles, and Mendelian inheritance. The questions require calculations of probabilities for different outcomes in each scenario.

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Assignment 1 Basics of Probability Basic Probability

The document is an assignment on basic probability with a submission date of 13/12/2024. It includes 36 questions covering various probability scenarios involving coins, dice, cards, marbles, and Mendelian inheritance. The questions require calculations of probabilities for different outcomes in each scenario.

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Assignment 1: Basic Probability

Date of Submission 13/12/2024

Use A4 ruled paper

1. If a coin is tossed, what is the probability of getting heads?


2. Two coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting exactly one head?
3. If a coin is flipped three times, what is the probability of getting at least one head?
4. A fair coin is flipped 5 times. What is the probability of getting exactly three heads?
5. If a coin is flipped three times, what is the probability of getting at least one head?
6. Compute the probability of rolling a 3 on a standard six-sided die?
7. A single die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 3?
8. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of rolling a 3 or a 5?
9. A fair six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than
4?
10. If a die is rolled twice, what is the probability of rolling a 4 followed by an even
number?
11. If two dice are rolled, what is the probability of the sum being 7?
12. If two dice are tossed, what is the probability that at least one die shows a 6?
13. A die is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a 5 on the first roll and a
number greater than 4 on the second roll?
14. If you roll two dice, what is the probability that the sum of the two numbers is 7?
15. What is the probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of 52 cards?
16. What is the probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of cards?
17. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a red
ball?
18. What is the probability of drawing a face card from a deck of 52 cards?
19. A spinner has 8 equal sections, labeled 1 through 8. What is the probability of landing
on a number less than or equal to 5?
20. A jar contains 4 green marbles and 6 yellow marbles. What is the probability of
selecting a yellow marble?
21. A class has 30 students: 12 girls and 18 boys. What is the probability of randomly
selecting a boy?
22. What is the probability of drawing a heart from a standard deck of cards?
23. A deck of 52 cards contains 26 red cards and 26 black cards. If two cards are drawn
sequentially without replacement, what is the probability that both are red?
24. A box contains 5 red balls, 3 green balls, and 2 blue balls. Three balls are drawn
randomly, one at a time, without replacement. What is the probability that all three
balls drawn are of different colors?
25. A bag contains 6 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 yellow marble. If two marbles are
drawn without replacement, what is the probability that both marbles are red?
26. A box contains 4 white balls and 6 black balls. Two balls are selected at random with
replacement. What is the probability of getting one white ball and one black ball?
27. A bag contains 8 red marbles and 6 blue marbles. What is the probability of selecting a
blue marble?
28. In a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing a spade?
29. A box contains 5 red balls and 3 green balls. If one ball is drawn, what is the
probability that it is red?
30. A jar has 6 red, 4 blue, and 2 yellow balls. What is the probability of selecting a yellow
ball?
31. A standard deck of cards has 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing either a
Queen or a King?
32. What is the probability of drawing a heart or a diamond from a standard deck of cards?
33. If a standard deck of cards is shuffled, what is the probability of drawing a red card?
34. Two cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards with replacement. What is the
probability that both cards are aces?
35. A box contains 10 red and 5 green balls. What is the probability of drawing two green
balls without replacement?
36. Mendelian Inheritance: In a pea plant population, the allele for yellow seeds (Y) is
dominant over the allele for green seeds (y). If two heterozygous pea plants (Yy) are
crossed, what is the probability of getting a homozygous yellow-seed offspring (YY)

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