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  • Question 1
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    The chance that Doctor A will diagonise disease X correctly is $$60\%$$. The chance that a patient will die by his treatment after correct diagnosis is $$40\%$$ and the chance of death after wrong diagnosis is $$70\%.$$ A patient of Doctor A who had disease X died. The probability that his disease was diagonised correctly is
    Solution
    Let us define the following events.
    $${ E }_{ 1 }:$$ Disease $$X$$ is diagnosed correctly by doctor $$A$$.
    $${ E }_{ 2 }:$$ Disease $$X$$ is not diagnosed correctly by doctor $$A$$.
    $$B:$$ A patient (of doctor $$A$$) who has disease $$X$$ dies.
    Then, we are given, $$P({ E }_{ 1 })=0.6$$,$$P({ E }_{ 2 })=1-P({ E }_{ 1 })=1-0.6=0.4$$
    and $$\displaystyle P\left( \frac { B }{ { E }_{ 1 } }  \right) =0.4$$, $$\displaystyle P\left( \frac { B }{ { E }_{ 2 } }  \right) =0.7$$
    By Bay's Theorem
    $$\displaystyle P\left( \frac { { E }_{ 1 } }{ B }  \right) =\frac { P\left( { E }_{ 1 } \right) P\left( \frac { B }{ { E }_{ 1 } }  \right)  }{ P\left( { E }_{ 1 } \right) P\left( \frac { B }{ { E }_{ 1 } }  \right) +P\left( { E }_{ 2 } \right) P\left( \frac { B }{ { E }_{ 2 } }  \right)  } $$
    $$\displaystyle=P\left( \frac { { E }_{ 1 } }{ B }  \right) =\frac { 0.6\times 0.4 }{ 0.6\times 0.4+0.4\times 0.7 } =\frac { 0.24 }{ 0.24+0.28 } =\frac { 0.24 }{ 0.52 } =\frac { 6 }{ 13 } $$
  • Question 2
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    A coin is tossed $$3$$ times. If $$E$$ denotes the event in which heads appear at least twice and $$F$$ denotes the event in which head comes first, then $$P(\displaystyle {E}|{F})=$$
    Solution
    There are $$4$$ cases which start with a Head:
    (i) $$HTH$$
    (ii)$$ HHT $$
    (iii)$$ HHH $$
    (iv) $$HTT$$
    Probability of each case = $$\dfrac { 1 }{ 2 } \times \dfrac { 1 }{ 2 } \times\dfrac { 1 }{ 2 } =\dfrac { 1 }{ 8 } $$
    Three of the above four cases have at least two heads.
    Hence, required probability = $$\dfrac { 3\times\dfrac { 1 }{ 8 }  }{ 4\times\dfrac { 1 }{ 8 }  } =\dfrac { 3 }{ 4 } $$
  • Question 3
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    An urn $$A$$ contains $$2$$ white and $$3$$ black balls. Another urn $$B$$ contains $$3$$ white and $$4$$ black balls.Out of these two urns, one is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball drawn is black, then the probability that
    I. It is from urn $$A$$ is $$21/40$$,
    II. It is from urn $$B$$ is $$20/41$$
    Which of the following statements is correct
    Solution
    $$P(A|B) = P(A \cap B)/P(B)$$
    Here $$B = $$getting black ball, $$A =$$ ball is from urn $$A$$
    Hence, $$ P(A|B) = \dfrac{1}{2}\times \dfrac{\dfrac{3}{5}}{(1/2\times3/5+1/2 \times 4/7)} = 21/41$$
    $$P(\overline{ A } |B)=1-P(A|B)$$
    $$\Rightarrow P(\overline { A } |B)=1-P(A|B)$$ $$= 1-21/40= 20/41$$
  • Question 4
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    If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are independent events such that $$P\left( A \right) >0,P\left( B \right) >0$$, then
    Solution
    Since $$A$$ and $$B$$ are independent events, therefore 
    $$\displaystyle P\left( A\cap B \right) =P\left( A \right) P\left( B \right) ,P\left( \frac { A }{ B }  \right) =P\left( A \right) $$ and $$\displaystyle P\left( \frac { \overline { A }  }{ B }  \right) =P\left( \overline { A }  \right) .$$
    Now,$$P\left( A\cap B \right) =P\left( A \right) P\left( B \right) \neq 0$$
    $$\Rightarrow A$$ and $$B$$ are not mutually exclusive 
    Since $$A\cap B$$ and $$A\cap \overline { B } $$ are mutually exclusive events such that 
    $$\left( A\cap B \right)  \cup \left( A\cap \overline { B }  \right) =A.$$ Therefore,
    $$P\left( A\cap B \right) +P\left( A\cap \overline { B }  \right) =P\left( A \right) $$
    $$\Rightarrow P\left( A \right)P\left( B \right) +P\left( A\cap \overline { B }  \right) =P\left( A \right) $$
    $$\Rightarrow P\left( A\cap \overline { B }  \right) =P\left( A \right) -P\left( A \right) P\left( B \right) =P\left( A \right) \left( 1-P\left( B \right)  \right) =P\left( A \right) P\left( \overline { B }  \right) $$ 
    So, $$A$$ and $$\overline { B } $$ are independent events. 
    Similarly, $$\overline { A } $$ and $$B$$ are also independent events.
    Now, $$\displaystyle P\left( \frac { A }{ B }  \right) =P\left( A \right) $$ and $$\displaystyle P\left( \frac { \overline { A }  }{ B }  \right) =P\left( \overline { A }  \right) $$
    $$\displaystyle \Rightarrow P\left( \frac { A }{ B }  \right) +P\left( \frac { \overline { A }  }{ B }  \right) =P\left( A \right) +P\left( \overline { A }  \right) =1.$$
  • Question 5
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    If $$ \bar E$$ and $$ \bar F$$ are the complementary events of events $$E$$ and $$F$$, respectively, and if $$0 < P(F)<1$$, then
    Solution
    a) $$P\left( \cfrac { E }{ F }  \right) +P\left( \cfrac {\bar E }{ F }  \right) =\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } +\cfrac { P\left( \bar E\bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } $$
    $$=\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { F }  \right) +P\left( \bar { E } \bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } =\cfrac { P\left( F \right)  }{ P(F) } =1$$
    Therefore a) is not correct

    b) $$P\left( \cfrac { E }{ F }  \right) +P\left( \cfrac { E }{ \bar F }  \right) =\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } +\cfrac { P\left(  { E } \bigcap { \bar F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } $$
    $$=\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } +\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right)  }{ 1-P(F) } \neq 1$$
    Therefore b) is not correct

    c) $$P\left( \cfrac { \bar { E }  }{ F }  \right) +P\left( \cfrac { E }{ \bar { F }  }  \right) =\cfrac { P\left( \bar { E } \bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } +\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right)  }{ P(F) } $$
    $$\cfrac { P\left( \bar { E } \bigcap { F }  \right)  }{ P(F) } +\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right)  }{ 1-P(F) } \neq 1$$
    Therefore c) is not correct

    d) $$P\left( \cfrac { E }{ \bar { F }  }  \right) +P\left( \cfrac { \bar { E }  }{ \bar { F }  }  \right) =\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right)  }{ P(\bar { F } ) } +\cfrac { P\left( \bar { E } \bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right)  }{ P(\bar { F } ) } $$
    $$=\cfrac { P\left( E\bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right) +P\left( \bar E\bigcap { \bar { F }  }  \right)  }{ P(\bar { F } ) } $$
    $$=\cfrac { P\left( \bar { F }  \right)  }{ P(\bar { F } ) } =1$$
    Therefore d) is correct.
  • Question 6
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    For any two events A and B, the conditional probability $$P\left ( B/A \right )=\frac{P\, \left ( B \,\cap\,A \right )}{P\, \left ( A \right )}$$ and ifAand B are independent
    $$P\left ( B \cap A \right )=P\left ( B \right ).P\left ( A \right )$$  So, $$P\left ( B/A \right )=P\left ( B \right )$$

    A lot contains 50 defective and 50 non-defective bulbs. Two bulbs are drawn at random one at a time with replacement. The events A, B, C are defined as:
    A : 1st bulb is defective
    B : 2nd bulb is non-defective
    C : both are defective or both are non-defective
    then,
    Solution
    $$P(A) = 50/100 = 1/2$$
    $$P(B)= 50/100 = 1/2$$
    $$P(C)= ( 1/2)(1/2 ) +( 1/2)(1/2) = 1/2$$
    $$P(A\cap B) = P(A).P(B) = 1/4$$
    $$P(B\cap C)= P(B).P(C)=1/4$$
    $$P(A\cap  C)= P(A).P(C)=1/4$$
    $$P(A \cap B \cap C) = 0$$
  • Question 7
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    If 6 persons are selected, the probability that there will be two trio's in which exactly one trio is of the same family is
  • Question 8
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    In a locality, out of $$5000$$ people residing, $$1200$$ are above $$30$$ years of age and $$3000$$ are females. Out of the $$1200$$ who are above $$30$$, two hundred are females. Suppose, after a person is chosen you are told that the person is a female. What is the probability that she is above $$30$$ years of age?
    Solution
    If $$1200$$ are above $$30,$$ there are $$5000-1200=3800$$ which are under $$30$$ 

    the number of females under $$30$$ is $$3000-200=2800$$ 

    so between females you have $$2800$$under $$30$$ and $$200$$ above 

    the proportion of females above $$30$$ is $$P(E)=\dfrac{200}{3000}=$$$$\dfrac{1}{15}$$ 

    the probability that she is above 30 years of age; $$\dfrac{1}{15}$$ 
  • Question 9
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    Four different objects $$1,2,3,4$$ are distributed at random in four places marked $$1, 2, 3, 4$$. What is the probability that none of the objects occupy the place corresponding to their number?
    Solution
    A derangement is a permutation of objects that leave no object in its original position.
    Number of derangement's of set with n elements is
    $${ D }_{ n }=n!\left[ 1-\cfrac { 1 }{ 1! } +\cfrac { 1 }{ 2! } -\cfrac { 1 }{ 3! } +\cfrac { 1 }{ 4! } .........+{ (-1) }^{ n }\cfrac { 1 }{ n! }  \right] \ $$
    The probability of derangement = $$\cfrac { { D }_{ n } }{ n! } $$
    In this case,n=4
    Thus,probability that none of the objects occupy the place corresponding to their number 
    $$=1-\cfrac { 1 }{ 1! } +\cfrac { 1 }{ 2! } -\cfrac { 1 }{ 3! } +\cfrac { 1 }{ 4! } \\ =1-1+\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } -\cfrac { 1 }{ 6 } +\cfrac { 1 }{ 24 } \\ =\cfrac { 3 }{ 8 } $$
  • Question 10
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    There are 18 points in a plane such that no three of them are in the same line except five points which are collinear. The number of triangles formed by these points is
    Solution
    $$^{18}C_3-^{5}C_3=806$$
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