Events

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Events: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Events in a Random Experiment, Types of Events in Probability, Mutually Exclusive Events & Exhaustive System of Events etc.

Important Questions on Events

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For two given events A and B,P(AB) is:

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A fair dodecahedral die numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 16, 27, 32, 81, 243 and 729 is thrown and the number noted.

The events C, "thrown an odd number", and D, "throw an event number ", are represented on the venn diagram below:

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State with a reason whether events C and D are mutually exclusive .

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For the given pair of events, state whether they are mutually exclusive, independent or neither.

C=it will rain tomorrow

D=it is raining today

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For the given pair of events, state whether they are mutually exclusive, independent or neither.

A=throw a head on a fair coin

B=throw a pair number on a fair die numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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A fair decahedral die numbered 1, 2, 3, ...... 10 is thrown and the number noted.

The events A, 'throw a square number", and B, 'throw a factor of six, are represented on the Venn diagram below:

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State with a reason whether events A and B are mutually exclusive.

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A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B, whose chances of solving it are 13 and 14 respectively. If the probability of the problem being solved, if both of them try independently is mn, then m+n=

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An electronic assembly consists of two sub system, say, A and B. When P(A fails) = 0.2P(B fails alone) =0.15P(A and B fail) =0.15. Evaluate P(A fails alone).

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A is a set containing 10 elements. A subset P of A is chosen at random and the set A is reconstructed by replacing the elements of P.Another subset Q of A is now chosen at random. Then the probability that if :

P & Q have no-common elements is

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For next three question please follow the same

A is a set containing 10 elements. A subset P of A is chosen at random and the set A is reconstructed by replacing the elements of P.Another subset Q of A is now chosen at random. Then the probability that if :

P Q = A is

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A sample space consists of 9 elementary outcomes e1, e2 ,, e9 whose probabilities are

Pe1=Pe2=.08, Pe3=Pe4=Pe5=.1

Pe6=Pe7=.2, Pe8=Pe9=.07

Suppose A=e1, e5, e8, B=e2, e5, e8, e9

Calculate P(A), P(B) and P(AB)

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Three coins are tossed once. Let A denote the event ‘three heads show”, B denote the event “two heads and one tail show”, C denote the event” three tails show and D denote the event ‘a head shows on the first coin”. Which events are simple?

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The probabilities that Mr. A and Mr. B will die within a year are 12 and 13 respectively, then the probability that only one of them will be alive at the end of the year, is

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Two die are thrown simultaneously. The probability of obtaining a total score of 5 is

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If 1+3p3,1-2p2 are probabilities of two mutually exclusive events, then p lies in the interval

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If A, B & C  are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a random experiment such that PB=32PA and PC=12PB, then PAC equals to

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The maximum number of possible triangles form by n points in a plane is nC3. Now let us consider a regular octagon. Triangles are formed by joining the vertices of a regular octagon and a triangle is selected. Now given the answers of the following questions.

The probability that the selected triangle has exactly one side common with the sides of octagon is

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A man alternately tosses a coin and throws a die beginning with coin. The probability that he gets a head before he gets 5 or 6 on the die is

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A and B are to throw 2 dice. If A throws a sum of 9 points, then B's chance of throwing a higher sum is

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A die is loaded such that 6 turning upwards is twice as often as 1 and three times as any other face. The chance that we get a face with 1 point when we throw such a die is

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A magical die is so loaded that the probability of any face appearing is proportional to the number of points on its face. The probability of an odd number appearing is