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Probability, Probability I

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Question 11.

A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king of heart is:

  1.    \(\frac{1}{13}\)
  2.    \(\frac{2}{13}\)
  3.    \(\frac{1}{26}\)
  4.    \(\frac{1}{52}\)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> \(\frac{1}{26}\)

Here, n(S) = 52.


Let E = event of getting a queen of club or a king of heart.


Then, n(E) = 2.


So, \(P(E) = \frac{n(E)}{n(S)}=\frac{2}{52}=\frac{1}{26}.\)

Question 12.

A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. The probability that all of them are red, is:

  1.    \(\frac{1}{22}\)
  2.    \(\frac{2}{22}\)
  3.    \(\frac{2}{91}\)
  4.    \(\frac{2}{77}\)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> \(\frac{2}{91}\)

Let S be the sample space.


Then, n(S)  = number of ways of drawing 3 balls out of 15


15C3


= \(\frac{(15\times14\times13)}{(3\times2\times1)}\)


= 455.


Let E = event of getting all the 3 red balls.


So,  n(E) = 5C3 = 5C2 =  \(\frac{(4\times5)}{(2\times1)}\)  = 10.


So, \(P(E) = \frac{n(E)}{n(S)}=\frac{10}{455}=\frac{2}{91}.\)

Question 13.

Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is a heart, is:

  1.    \(\frac{3}{20}\)
  2.    \(\frac{29}{34}\)
  3.    \(\frac{47}{100}\)
  4.    \(\frac{13}{102}\)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> \(\frac{13}{102}\)

Let S be the sample space.


Then, n(S) = 52C2 =   \(\frac{(52\times51)}{(2\times1)}\) = 1326.


Let E = event of getting 1 spade and 1 heart.


So, n(E)  = number of ways of choosing 1 spade out of 13 and 1 heart out of 13


 = (13C1 x 13C1)


= (13 x 13)


= 169.


So, \(P(E) = \frac{n(E)}{n(S)}=\frac{169}{1326}=\frac{13}{102}.\)

Question 14.

One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?

  1.    \(\frac{1}{13}\)
  2.    \(\frac{3}{13}\)
  3.    \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  4.    \(\frac{9}{52}\)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> \(\frac{3}{13}\)

Clearly, there are 52 cards, out of which there are 12 face cards.


So, P (getting a face card) =  \(\frac{12}{52}=\frac{3}{13}.\)

Question 15.

A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is white?

  1.    \(\frac{3}{4}\)
  2.    \(\frac{4}{7}\)
  3.    \(\frac{1}{8}\)
  4.    \(\frac{3}{7}\)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> \(\frac{4}{7}\)

Let number of balls = (6 + 8) = 14.


Number of white balls = 8.


P (drawing a white ball) =  \(\frac{8}{14}=\frac{4}{7}\)

Question 16. The probability of a bomb hitting a bridge is 12 and two direct hits are needed to destroy it. The least number of bombs required so that the probability of the bridge beeing destroyed is greater then 0.9, is
  1.    8
  2.    7
  3.    6
  4.    9
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 8
:
A
Let n be the least number of bombs required and x the number of bombs that hit the bridge. Then x follows a binomial distribution with parameter n and p=12
Now, P(X2)>0.91P(X<2)>0.9
P(X=0)+P(X=1)<0.1
nC0(12)n+nC1(12)n1(12)<0.110(n+1)<2n
This gives n8
Question 17. What is the probability of not picking a face card when you draw a card at random from a pack of 52 cards?
  1.    113
  2.    413
  3.    1013
  4.    1213
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1013
:
C
Since there are 12 face cards in a deck of 52cards, the probability of drawing a face card is 1252=313
Hence, the probability of not picking a face card = 1313=1013
Question 18. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
  1.    34
  2.    1.0001
  3.    35
  4.    −0.6
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1.0001
:
B
The probability of an event E, P(E)=favourable no. of outcomestotal no. of outcomes
Since the favourable no. of outcomes are always less than or equal to the total no. of outcomes, P(E)1.
Question 19. What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 on rolling a pair of dice?
  1.    712
  2.    111
  3.    16
  4.    23
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 16
:
C
Given,
Sample space for rolling a pair of dice = S { (1,1) , (1,2) , (1,3) , (1,4), (1,5), (1,6) ,
(2,1) , (2,2) , (2,3) , (2,4) , (2,5) , (2,6) ,
(3,1) , (3,2) , (3,3) , (3,4) , (3,5) , (3,6) ,
(4,1) , (4,2) , (4,3) , (4,4) , (4,5) , (4,6) ,
(5,1) , (5,2) , (5,3) , (5,4) , (5,5) , (5,6) ,
(6,1) , (6,2) , (6,3) , (6,4) , (6,5) , (6,6) }
Total number of outcomes = 36
From the sample space, (1,6), (2,5), (3,4), (4,3), (5,2) and (6,1) gives sum of 7.
Number of favourable outcomes = 6
Probability of an event, P(E) = number of favourable outcomestotal number of outcomes
P ( getting sum 7) =636=16
Therefore,the probability of getting a sum of 7 on rolling a pair of dice is 16 .
Question 20. The probability of an event happening is 0.13, what will be the probability of the event not happening? 
  1.    0.87
  2.    0.54
  3.    0.23
  4.    0.34
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 0.87
:
A
There are always two possibilities with an event,either it will happen or it will not happen.
We know that the sum of probabilities of all possible outcomes of an event is 1.
The sum of probabilities of an event happening and an event not happening= 1
Let P(E) bethe probability of an event happening.
(Then, P(not E) is the probability of the event not happening)
Then, P(E) = 0.13(Given)

P(not E) = 1 – 0.13 = 0.87

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