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Hi all, I have a set of questions, with answers in brackets at the end of each of them. I really don't know how to solve them, and have spent a whole morning trying to figure them out. Please help me! (answer one/all of them!)
1. In a game of chance, each player throws two unbiased dice and his score is the difference between the numbers on the dice. Anthony and Bob play against each other and the player whose score is at least four more than his opponent's score wins. FInd the probability that neither player wins. (74/81)
2. Every person belongs to one of the four blood groups: O, A, B, AB. Proportions of the population in a city belonging to these blood groups are 0.46, .40, .11, .03 respectively. If 3 people are chosen at random, what is the probability that they all belong to different blood groups? (0.172)
3. A fast food restaurant gives away a free action figure for every child's meal bought. THere are 5 action figures and each figure is likely to be given awe with a child's meal. A customer intends to collect all 5 different action figures by buying child's meals.
i) Find the probability that the first 4 child's meals bought by the customer all had different actin figures. (0.224)
ii) At a certain stage, the customer has collected 4 of the 5 action figures. Find the least number of child's meals needed so that the probability of the customer completing the set is larger than 0.95. (14)
4. The probability that a soccer team wins any match is 0.5, and the probability that it loses any match is 1/6. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no point for a defeat. If the team plays five matches, find the probability that the team:
i) wins exactly 3 matches given that it wins the first match (3/8)
ii) wins exactly one match given that it obtains exactly five points (45/49)
5. Eleven cards, bearing the letters of the word INDEPENDENT, are placed in a box. 3 cards are drawn at random without replacement. Calculate the probability that
i) exactly two of the cards bear the same letters (16/55)
ii) all 3 cards bear different letters (116/165)
iii) the 3 cards bear the letters D, E, N in that order. (2/110)
iv) the three cards bear the letters D, E, N in any order. (6/55)
v) if the first two cards drawn are E and N respectively, and the drawing of the cards will continue without replacement until a card bearing D is obtained, find the least value of n such that P(at most n more cards are drawn to get a D)> 0.8 (5)
THANK YOU!
1. In a game of chance, each player throws two unbiased dice and his score is the difference between the numbers on the dice. Anthony and Bob play against each other and the player whose score is at least four more than his opponent's score wins. FInd the probability that neither player wins. (74/81)
2. Every person belongs to one of the four blood groups: O, A, B, AB. Proportions of the population in a city belonging to these blood groups are 0.46, .40, .11, .03 respectively. If 3 people are chosen at random, what is the probability that they all belong to different blood groups? (0.172)
3. A fast food restaurant gives away a free action figure for every child's meal bought. THere are 5 action figures and each figure is likely to be given awe with a child's meal. A customer intends to collect all 5 different action figures by buying child's meals.
i) Find the probability that the first 4 child's meals bought by the customer all had different actin figures. (0.224)
ii) At a certain stage, the customer has collected 4 of the 5 action figures. Find the least number of child's meals needed so that the probability of the customer completing the set is larger than 0.95. (14)
4. The probability that a soccer team wins any match is 0.5, and the probability that it loses any match is 1/6. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no point for a defeat. If the team plays five matches, find the probability that the team:
i) wins exactly 3 matches given that it wins the first match (3/8)
ii) wins exactly one match given that it obtains exactly five points (45/49)
5. Eleven cards, bearing the letters of the word INDEPENDENT, are placed in a box. 3 cards are drawn at random without replacement. Calculate the probability that
i) exactly two of the cards bear the same letters (16/55)
ii) all 3 cards bear different letters (116/165)
iii) the 3 cards bear the letters D, E, N in that order. (2/110)
iv) the three cards bear the letters D, E, N in any order. (6/55)
v) if the first two cards drawn are E and N respectively, and the drawing of the cards will continue without replacement until a card bearing D is obtained, find the least value of n such that P(at most n more cards are drawn to get a D)> 0.8 (5)
THANK YOU!