Two fair coins are tossed. Let A be the event that the first coin displays a heads, and let B be theeven that both coins display the same outcome.(a) Are events A and B mutually exclusive?(b) Are events A and B independent?2) A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. Let A be the event that an ace is drawn and let Bbe the event that a spade is drawn.(a) Are these events mutually exclusive or non-mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.(b) Calculate the probability of event A or event B occurring (drawing an ace or a space).A dice is tossed after a card is drawn. Let C be the event that an even number is shown on the dice.(c) Are events A and C independent or non-independent?(d) Calculate the probability of events A and C occurring (drawing an ace and rolling aneven number).3) Given that ∪ = 0.7 and = 0.2, find and ∩ if:(a) A and B are mutually exclusive(b) A and B are independent4) Two dice are rolled and the sum is recorded.(a) List all possible outcomes (i.e. the sample space).(b) Calculate the probability of rolling:(i) A sum of 5(ii) A sum of 4 or less(iii) A sum of at most 11(iv) A sum that is a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 4.5) 200 people attended a blood bank and their blood types are recorded as follows: 50 have type A,65 have type B, 70 have type O and 15 have type AB.(a) Calculate the relative probability of each blood type.(b) If two people are selected without replacement, what is the probability that:(i) One person is type A and the other is type B.(ii) They both have type B blood.(iii) They both have the same type blood.6) A coin is tossed three times and the results are recorded. What is the probability of getting:(a) Three heads.(b) At least two heads.(c) At most one tail.STAT6010 27) Two unfair coins are tossed with the probability of a tail equal to 0.25. Calculate the probability ofgetting:(a) No heads.(b) Exactly one head.(c) At least one head.8) An urn contains 6 black balls, 4 white balls and 5 red balls. The balls are removed 1 at a time fromthe urn and not replaced. If 3 balls are removed, what is the probability that:(a) All three are red.(b) Two are black and one is white(c) All are the same colour(d) At least 1 is white9) 70% of houses in a residential area have an alarm. It is found that 35% of the owners of thealarmed houses have a dog and 42% of the owners of the non-alarmed houses have a dog.a) Construct a tree diagram to show all possible events and probabilities.b) A house is selected at random. Calculate the probability that the house does nothave a dog.c) If a randomly selected house is one of the houses that does not have a dog, what isthe probability that the house has an alarm?10) On any given day, the probability that an employee will drive to work is 0.5, the probabilitythat he/she will cycle to work is 0.3 and the probability that he/she will walk to work is 0.2.If he/she drives, the probability that he/she will arrive on time is 0.6 If he/she cycles, theprobability that he/she will arrive on time is 0.8. If he/she walks, the probability thathe/she will arrive on time is 0.9. An employee is selected at random.a) Calculate the probability that the employee will arrive on time for work.b) If the employee has arrived on time for work yesterday. Calculate the probabilitythat he/she walked to work yesterday.c) The employee has not arrived on time for work yesterday. Calculate the probabilitythat he/she walked to work yesterday.
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Two fair coins are tossed. Let A be the event that the first coin displays a heads, and let B be theeven that both coins display the same outcome.(a) Are events A and B mutually exclusive?(b) Are events A and B independent?2) A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. Let A be the event that an ace is drawn and let Bbe the event that a spade is drawn.(a) Are these events mutually exclusive or non-mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.(b) Calculate the probability of event A or event B occurring (drawing an ace or a space).A dice is tossed after a card is drawn. Let C be the event that an even number is shown on the dice.(c) Are events A and C independent or non-independent?(d) Calculate the probability of events A and C occurring (drawing an ace and rolling aneven number).3) Given that ∪ = 0.7 and = 0.2, find and ∩ if:(a) A and B are mutually exclusive(b) A and B are independent4) Two dice are rolled and the sum is recorded.(a) List all possible outcomes (i.e. the sample space).(b) Calculate the probability of rolling:(i) A sum of 5(ii) A sum of 4 or less(iii) A sum of at most 11(iv) A sum that is a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 4.5) 200 people attended a blood bank and their blood types are recorded as follows: 50 have type A,65 have type B, 70 have type O and 15 have type AB.(a) Calculate the relative probability of each blood type.(b) If two people are selected without replacement, what is the probability that:(i) One person is type A and the other is type B.(ii) They both have type B blood.(iii) They both have the same type blood.6) A coin is tossed three times and the results are recorded. What is the probability of getting:(a) Three heads.(b) At least two heads.(c) At most one tail.STAT6010 27) Two unfair coins are tossed with the probability of a tail equal to 0.25. Calculate the probability ofgetting:(a) No heads.(b) Exactly one head.(c) At least one head.8) An urn contains 6 black balls, 4 white balls and 5 red balls. The balls are removed 1 at a time fromthe urn and not replaced. If 3 balls are removed, what is the probability that:(a) All three are red.(b) Two are black and one is white(c) All are the same colour(d) At least 1 is white9) 70% of houses in a residential area have an alarm. It is found that 35% of the owners of thealarmed houses have a dog and 42% of the owners of the non-alarmed houses have a dog.a) Construct a tree diagram to show all possible events and probabilities.b) A house is selected at random. Calculate the probability that the house does nothave a dog.c) If a randomly selected house is one of the houses that does not have a dog, what isthe probability that the house has an alarm?10) On any given day, the probability that an employee will drive to work is 0.5, the probabilitythat he/she will cycle to work is 0.3 and the probability that he/she will walk to work is 0.2.If he/she drives, the probability that he/she will arrive on time is 0.6 If he/she cycles, theprobability that he/she will arrive on time is 0.8. If he/she walks, the probability thathe/she will arrive on time is 0.9. An employee is selected at random.a) Calculate the probability that the employee will arrive on time for work.b) If the employee has arrived on time for work yesterday. Calculate the probabilitythat he/she walked to work yesterday.c) The employee has not arrived on time for work yesterday. Calculate the probabilitythat he/she walked to work yesterday.
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This is a very long and complex set of questions. I'll start with the first one and we can proceed from there.
- Two fair coins are tossed. Let A be the event that the first coin displays a heads, and let B be the event that both coins display the same outcome.
(a) Are events A and B mutually exclusive?
Mutually exclusive events cannot occur at the same time. In this case, event A (first coin is a head) and event B (both coins display the same outcome) can occur at the same time. For example, if the first coin is a head and the second coin is also a head, both events A and B have occurred. Therefore, events A and B are not mutually exclusive.
(b) Are events A and B independent?
Independent events are those where the occurrence of one event does not affect the probability of the other event. In this case, the outcome of the first coin (event A) does not affect whether both coins display the same outcome (event B). Therefore, events A and B are independent.
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