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In the following experiment specify appropriate sample space.

A person is noting down the number of accidents along a busy highway during a year.

Important Questions on Probability

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A die is thrown repeatedly until a six comes up. What is the sample space for this experiment?
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Two dice are thrown and the sum of the numbers which come up on the dice is noted. Let us consider the following events associated with this experiment

A: 'the sum is even'

B: 'the sum is a multiple of 3'

C: 'the sum is less than 4'

D: 'the sum is greater than 11'

Which pair of these events are mutually exclusive?

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Three coins are tossed once. Let A denotes the event "three heads show", B denotes the event "two heads and one tail show",C denotes the event "three tails show" and D denotes the event "a head shows on the first coin". Which events are mutually exclusive?
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Three coins are tossed once. Let A denotes the event "three heads show", B denotes the event "two heads and one tail show",C denotes the event "three tails show" and D denotes the event "a head shows on the first coin". Which events are simple?
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Three coins are tossed once. Let A denotes the event "three heads show", B denotes the event "two heads and one tail show",C denotes the event "three tails show" and D denotes the event "a head shows on the first coin". Which events are mutually compound?
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If sample space S=w1,w2,w3,w4,wy,w6,w7, then which of the following assignments of probabilities are valid?

 Outcomes w1w2w3w4w5w6w7(i)0.10.010.050.030.010.20.6(ii)17171717171717(iii)0.10.20.30.40.50.60.7(iv)-0.10.20.30.4-0.20.10.3(v)1142143144145146141514

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If an illiterate person pins 5 letter blocks of "MAGIC' on the board, what is the probability that he gets the spelling correct?
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An illiterate peon is asked to put n letters in n addressed envelopes. What are chances that all letters are put in the right envelopes?