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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AB and A¯B are mutually exclusive events.

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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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If A and B are two independent events such that PA=310 and PAB=45, then PAB is equal to

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Let S={1,2,....,20}. A subset B of S is said to be "nice", if the sum of the elements of B is 203. Then the probability that a randomly chosen subset of S is "nice" is:

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A coin is tossed. If head turns up then pair of dice is thrown and sum of numbers is noted. If tail turns up then a card numbered from 1 to 9 is drawn and number is noted. The probability that the sum of numbers on dice or the number on card is 7 or 8, is:

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A problem in mathematics is given to 3 students whose chances of solving individually are 12,13 and 14 The probability that the problem will be solved at least by one is

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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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When a pair of six faced fair dice are thrown, the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two dice is greater than 7, 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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An ordinary die has four blank faces. One face marked 2, an other marked 3. Then the probability of obtaining a total of exactly 12 in 5 throws is