Random Experiments

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Random Experiments: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Probability, Random Experiment, Sample Space of a Random Experiment, Outcomes of a Random Experiment, Terms Used in Probability Rules and, Tree Diagram of Outcomes

Important Questions on Random Experiments

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If A and B are two mutually exclusive events of a random experiment and P(notA)=0.9,P(AorB)=0.65, find PB.

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Three six faced fair dice are thrown together. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is k3k8 , is

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Fifteen coupons are numbered 1,2,........15, respectively. Seven coupons are selected at random one at a time with replacement. The probability that the largest number appearing on selected coupons is not greater than 9, is

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The probability that a man can hit a target is 34. He tries 5 times. The probability that he will hit the target at least three times is

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If a person throws 3 dice, the probability of getting sum of digit exactly 15 is-

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Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the sum of digits as a multiple of 4 is

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A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out 2 socks. The probability that they are of the same colour is

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A five-digit number is formed by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8. The probability that the number has even digit at both ends when the repetition of digits is not allowed.

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A card is drawn from a well - shuffled pack of 52 cards. If the chance that card drawn is either a black card or king of non -black card is P. Then 13P-6 is equal to :

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Two dice are rolled simultaneously. Then the probability of obtaining the sum of number occurring on both the dice a prime number greater than 6 is equal to :

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If the chance that a leap year will have 53 Sunday or 53 Monday is P. Then number 14P +1 

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Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If the probability of obtaining a number on the first dice less than that of number occuring on second dice is P. Then 24P-10 is equal to :

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A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. If the chance that card drawn is either a black card or king of non -black card is P, then 13P-6 is equal to 

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Two dice are rolled simultaneously. Then the probability of obtaining the sum of number occurring on both the dice a prime number greater than 6 is equal to :

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A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 yellow balls and 4 green balls. 3 balls are drawn randomly. What is the probability that the balls drawn contain no yellow ball?

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A coin is tossed three times. The probability of getting head and tail alternatively, is

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In a book of 500 pages, it is found that there are 250 typing errors. Assume that poisson law holds for the number of errors per page. Then, the probability that a random sample of 2 pages will contain no error, is

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Four dice are rolled. The number of possible outcomes in which at least one dice shows 2 is

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A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If the tail appears on first four tosses, then the probability of the head appearing on the fifth toss, equals

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The probability that the two digit number formed by digit 1,2,3,4,5, is divisible by 4 (while repetition of digit is allowed), is