Sheet 3 Probability SO!" T#" $OO%&'( PRO)"MS *+. Chose the correct ans,er -or each o- the -ollo,ing .uestions 1) Which of the following probability approaches can be applied only to experiments with equally likely outcomes? (a) Classical probability (b) !mpirical probability (c) "ub#ecti$e probability
%) &wo equally likely e$ents. (a) 'a$e the same probability of occurrence. (b) Cannot occur together. (c) 'a$e no effect on the occurrence of each other. () &wo mutually exclusi$e e$ents (a) 'a$e the same probability (b) cannot occur together (c) 'a$e no effect on the occurrence of each other. */. &he sum of the probabilities of all final outcomes of an experiment is always 1) 1)) %) 1 () *ero *3. &he #oint probability of two mutually exclusi$e e$ents is always 1) 1 %) between ) and 1 () *ero *0. &wo independent e$ents are+ (1) ,lways complementary (1) ,lways mutually exclusi$e (%) -e$er mutually exclusi$e *5. .or an experiment /(,) 0 ).12 /(3) 0 ).45 and /(, or 3 ) 0 ).65 a) .ind /(, and 3) and /(,7 3). b) ,re , and 3 mutually exclusi$e e$ent? ,re they independent e$ent? *1. , uni$ersity president has proposed that all students must take a course in ethics as a requirement for graduation. &he following table gi$es a two way classification of the responses of ()) faculty members and students about their opinion on this issue. fa$or oppose -eutral .aculty member 42 12 1) "tudent 8) 11) () "uppose one person is selected at random from this group find the following probabilities. (1) /(faculty member)9 (%) /(student and oppose) (() /(fa$or or neutral) (4) /(oppose gi$en that he is faculty member) (2) ,re the e$ents :faculty member; and :fa$or; independent? Why or Why not? *2. .or an experiment /(,) 0.4% /(3)0.%8 and /(, or 3) 0.61. .ind /(, and 3) and /(,<3). ,re , and 3 mutually exclusi$e e$ents? ,re they independent e$ents? /age 1 of ( Cairo University Module Code: StatA500 Module Title: Statistical Reasoning Sheet 3 Probability *3. &he probability of a student getting an , in an economics class is .%4 and that of getting a 3 is .%5. What is the probability that a randomly selected student from this class will get an , or a 3 in this class? *4. "uppose that there are 1)) students in your accounting class of whom 1) are left= handed. &wo students are selected at random. >raw a probability tree and insert the probabilities for each branch. What is the probability of the following e$ents? (1) 3oth are right=handed. (%) 3oth are left=handed. (() ,t least one is right=handed (4) ?ne is right=handed and the other is left=handed. *+0. , small company has %) employees and 1% of them are married. @f the % employees are selected randomly from this company what is the probability that the first one of them is married and the second one are not? >raw a tree diagram *++. , statistical experiment has 1) equally likely outcomes that are denoted by 1 % (421658 and 1). Aet e$ent , 0 B( 4 1 8C and e$ent 3 0 B1 % 2C. (a) ,re e$ents , and 3 mutually exclusi$e e$ents? Why? (b) ,re e$ents , and 3 independent e$ents? Why? (c) What are the complements of e$ent ,? *+/. , group of 12) randomly selected chief executi$e officers (C!?s) was tested for personality type. &he following table gi$es the results of this sur$ey &ype , &ype 3 Den 65 4% Women 18 11
@f C!? is selected at random from this group find the probability that this C!?+ a) 'as a type , personality. b) @s a woman c) @s a man gi$en he has a type , personality. d) 'as a type 3 personality gi$en she is a woman. e) 'as a type , personality and is a women. f) @s a man or has type 3 personality. g) ,re the e$ents woman and type 3 personality mutually exclusi$e? Why or why not? h) ,re the e$ents type , and man independent? Why or why not? *+3. , box contains 1) pens two of them are black. @f two pens are randomly selected without replacement from this box find the probability that the two pens are+ (a) 3lack (b) -ot black (c) >raw a tree diagram for this problem. *+0. "uppose we ha$e the following #oint probabilities 1 A % A ( A 1 B ).12 ).%) ).1) % B ).%2 ).%2 ).)2 1) Compute the marginal probabilities. %) Compute ) < ( ) < ( % % % % A B P B A P and ) < ( % 1 A B P . /age % of ( Cairo University Module Code: StatA500 Module Title: Statistical Reasoning Sheet 3 Probability () ,re the e$ents 1 B and ( A independent? Why or why not? 4) ,re the e$ents 1 A and ( A independent? Why or why not? /age ( of (