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Probab

1. The document contains 9 practice problems on probability theorems. The problems involve finding probabilities of events occurring from coin tosses, word arrangements with restricted letter positions, ball selections, number formations, and virus testing. 2. Specific problems include finding the probability of drawing certain coin amounts from two boxes, counting word arrangements with grouped vowels, calculating probabilities of balls selected being a certain color, and determining the likelihood of a person having a virus based on a test result. 3. Methods used include listing outcomes, determining whether events are mutually exclusive, using the definitions of probability, and applying the concepts of conditional probability and independence.

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Probab

1. The document contains 9 practice problems on probability theorems. The problems involve finding probabilities of events occurring from coin tosses, word arrangements with restricted letter positions, ball selections, number formations, and virus testing. 2. Specific problems include finding the probability of drawing certain coin amounts from two boxes, counting word arrangements with grouped vowels, calculating probabilities of balls selected being a certain color, and determining the likelihood of a person having a virus based on a test result. 3. Methods used include listing outcomes, determining whether events are mutually exclusive, using the definitions of probability, and applying the concepts of conditional probability and independence.

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Practice set on Probability theorems

1. Box #1 contains three coins with denominations 5 cents, 10 cents, and 25 cents. Box #2 also
contains a nickel (i.e. 5 cents), a dime (i.e. 10 cents), and a quarter (i.e. 25 cents). A coin is
drawn at random from each box.
(a) List all possible outcomes of this experiment.
(b) List the outcomes of the following events:
(1) A = "the total amount of money drawn is even" (4) A and B
(2) B = "the second amount drawn is divisible by the first amount drawn" (5) A or B
(3) C = "a total of 15 cents is drawn" (6) A
(c) Find the probability of each event in (b).
(d) Are the events A and B mutually exclusive? Explain. What about the events A and C?
Explain.
(e) Do the three events A, B, and C have any outcomes in common? Explain.

2. a)Given P(A) = .6, P(B) = .5, P(A and B) = .2, find (i) P(A or B), (ii) P( A ), (iii) P( B )
(b) Given P(C) = .5, P(D) = .4, P(C or D) = .7, find P(C and D).
(c) For events F and G is it possible that P(F) = .8, P(G) = .6 and P(F and G) = .3? Explain
your answer.

3. Given P(B) = .6, P(A | B) = .2,


(a) Find P(A and B). (b) If it is also known that P(A) = .3, find (i) P(A or B), (ii) P(B | A).

4. Given that A and B are independent, and P(A) = .4, P(B) = .8, find
(a) P(A and B), (b) P(A or B).

5. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word ‘SUPER’ such that the
vowels always come together?

6. Find the number of different words that can be formed with the letters of the word ‘BUTTER’
so that the vowels are always together.

7. Among a set of 5 black balls and 3 red balls, how many selections of 5 balls can be made such
that at least 3 of them are black balls.

8. How many 4 digit numbers that are divisible by 10 can be formed from the numbers (3, 5, 7, 8,
9, 0) such that no number repeats?

9. A certain virus infects one in every 400 people. A test used to detect the virus in a person is
positive 85% of the time if the person has the virus and 5% of the time if the person does not have
the virus. (This 5% result is called a false positive). Let A be the event "the person has the virus"
and B be the event "the person tests positive".
a) Find the probability that a person has the virus given that they have tested positive, i.e. find
P(A|B). Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
b) Find the probability that a person does not have the virus given that they test negative, i.e. find
P(A'|B'). Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.

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