CGPIT
B.Tech. – Semester 3 Academic Year : 2024-25
Subject Code : - MT4001
Subject Name : - Engineering Mathematics - III
Unit 6: Probability and Probability Distribution
ASSIGNMENT
Short Questions
1 Define: Sample Space, Event, Union and intersection of events, Difference event.
2 Define Exhaustive event.
3 Define Mutually exclusive events.
4 Define Independent events.
5 State the addition theorem & multiplication theorem of probability.
6 State the De Morgan’s law.
7 If a dice is thrown once, write its sample space.
8 A coin is tossed twice, then find the probability of:
getting at least one head
getting exactly two tails
getting number of tails is odd
9 If a dice is thrown once, find the probability of
getting a prime number
getting a number greater than 7
getting a number divisible by 3
getting an even number
getting an odd number
10 If a dice is thrown twice, find the probability of:
getting difference of numbers is 0.
getting sum of numbers on the upper face is 10.
getting sum of numbers is greater than or equal to 12.
getting sum of numbers is greater than 10.
11 From a well shuffled pack of playing cards, find the probability of:
getting a face/picture card
getting an ace
getting a king of spades
getting a jack of clubs
12 From a well shuffled pack of playing cards, find the probability of:
getting a red card
getting a queen of diamonds
getting a black card
getting a king
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13 In a binomial distribution, if mean is 16 and variance is 8 then find the standard deviation.
14 In a binomial distribution, if variance is 2.4 and mean is 4 then find the values of
parameters of the binomial distribution.
15 In a binomial distribution, if mean is 30 and variance is 10 then find the value of p and q.
Long Questions:
1 A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of playing cards, what is the probability of
getting a card is a spade or a king?
2 Two unbiased dice are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that the sum of numbers
on the upper face of dice is 9 or 12.
3 The lottery tickets are numbered from 1 to 20. The tickets having the numbers in the
multiple of 3 or 5 bears the price. If one ticket is purchased then what is the probability that
it bears the price?
4 If A and B are any two events and 2𝑃(𝐴) = 3𝑃(𝐵) = 4𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = then find 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵).
5 If A,B,C are three mutually exclusive events and 3𝑃(𝐴) = 2𝑃(𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐶) = then find
the value of 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶).
6 If A and B are independent events then prove that 𝐴 & 𝐵 are also independent events.
7 If 𝑃(𝐴) = , 𝑃(𝐵) = and 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = , find the value of 𝑃(𝐴/𝐵) and 𝑃(𝐵/𝐴).
8 If 𝑃(𝐴) = , 𝑃(𝐵) = and A and B are independent events then find the values of:
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 )
𝑃(𝐴 − 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)
9 If A and B are independent events and 𝑃(𝐴) = 2𝑃(𝐵) = 𝑃 = 0.4, then find
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 )
10 For any two events A and B, if 2𝑃(𝐴) = 3𝑃(𝐵) = 5𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = then find the values of:
𝑃(𝐴/𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 )
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 )
𝑃(𝐵 − 𝐴)
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)
11 For a Binomial variate 𝑥, if 𝑛 = 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(𝑥 = 2) = 𝑃(𝑥 = 6). Find the value of 𝑝.
12 For a Binomial variate 𝑥, if 𝑛 = 10 𝑎𝑛𝑑
( )
= , Find the probability of success.
( )
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13 For a Binomial variate 𝑥, if 9𝑃(𝑥 = 4) = 𝑃(𝑥 = 2) and number of trials is 6 then find the
probability of failure.
14 For a Poisson variate 𝑥, if 𝑃(𝑥 = 3) = 𝑃(𝑥 = 4) then find the value of 𝑃(𝑥 = 0).
15 For a Poisson variate 𝑥, if 𝑒 = 0.1353 and 𝑃(𝑥 = 1) = 0.2706 the find the mean and
standard deviation of the distribution.
16 For a Poisson variate 𝑥, if 𝑃(𝑥 = 0) = 𝑃(𝑥 = 1) = 𝑘 then show that 𝑘 = .
17 For a Poisson variate 𝑥, if 3𝑃(𝑥 = 2) = 𝑃(𝑥 = 4) then find the mean and standard
deviation of the distribution and also find the value of 𝑃(𝑥 = 1).
18 For a Poisson variate 𝑥, if 𝑃(𝑥 = 0) = 𝑃(𝑥 = 1) = 2 then show that 𝑒 = .
19 In a normal distribution if, 𝑃(0 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 1.09) = 0.3621, where 𝑧 is a standard normal
variate then find the probability of
𝑃(−1.09 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 1.09)
𝑃(𝑧 ≤ 1.09)
𝑃(𝑧 ≤ −1.09)
𝑃(𝑧 ≥ −1.09)
20 In a normal distribution if, 𝑃(0 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 2.04) = 0.4793, where 𝑧 is a standard normal
variate then find the probability of
𝑃(−2.04 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 2.04)
𝑃(𝑧 ≤ 2.04)
𝑃(𝑧 ≤ −2.04)
𝑃(𝑧 ≥ −2.04)
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