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Published on: 03/08/2019
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1.
The probability of an event that is certain to happen is ___________Such an event is called_____________
2.
A girl calculates the probability of her winning the game in a match and find it 0.08.What is the probability of her losing the game?
3.
Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability that the product of the number on the top of the dice is 6.
4.
What is the probability that a non-leap year has 53 Mondays?
5.
Cards marked with number 3, 4, 5,.........., 50 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the selected card bears a perfect square number.
6.
A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting "at most 2."
7.
If from the face cards of a playing cards, one card is picked up at random, then find the probability that the drawn card is a queen.
8.
If an event occurs surely, then find its probability.
9.
An unbiased die is thrown, what is the probability of getting a multiple of 3.
10.
A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting at least one head.
11.
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting the jack of hearts.
12.
The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.85. What is the probability that it will not rain tomorrow?
13.
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly one head.
14.
Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should get the ball at the beginning of a football game?
15.
Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability of:
(i) getting a number greater than 3 on each die
(ii) getting a total of 6 or 7 of the numbers on two dice
16.
A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) a king or a jack (ii) a non-ace
(iii) a red card (iv) neither a king nor a queen
17.
Five cards - the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well shuffled with their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random.
(i) What is the probability that the card is the queen?
(ii) If the queen is drawn and put a side, what is the probability that the second card picked up is
(a) an ace?
(b) a queen?
18.
Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. find the probability of getting
(i) no heads
(ii) atmost one tail
(iii) one tail
(iv) one head and one tail
19.
A child's game has 8 triangles of which 3 are blue and rest are red, and 10 squares of which 6 are blue and rest are red. One piece is lost at random. Find the probability that it is a
(i) triangle (ii) square
(iii) square of blue colour (iv) triangle of red colour
20.
Probability of an event cannot be negative.
21.
In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 45 blanks, then probability of getting a prize is \(2\over11\).
22.
Set of all possible outcomes of the experiment is called the sample space.
23.
Ace, King,Queen and Jack are called face cards.
24.
For any event E, P(E)+P(\(\overset { - }{ E } \))
25.
A die is rolled once.The probability of getting even number is
26.
Chance of throwing 6 with single die is
27.
If P(A)=0.35, then the probability of "not A"
28.
Probability of an event cannot be
29.
If P(E)=0.7, then the probability of 'not E' is
1.
( )
1, sure event. (e.g. The event of getting a number less than 7 in a single throw of a die is a sure event and its probability is 1.)
2.
P(winning the game) = 0.08
P(losing the game) = 1- 0.08 = 0.92
3.
Product of 6 are (1, 6); (2,3); (6, 1); (3,2)
No. of possible out comes = 4
Total number of chances = 6\(\times\)6 = 36
P (Product of 6) = \(\frac{4}{36} \) = \(\frac{1}{9}\).
4.
There are 365 days in a non-leap year.
\(\because\) 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 day
\(\therefore\) One day can be M, T, W, Th, F, S, S = 7
\(\therefore\) P(53 Mondays in non-leap year) = \(\frac{1}{7}\).
5.
Possible outcomes are 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, i.e. 6.
\(\Rightarrow\) P(perfect square number) = \(\frac{6}{48}\)or \(\frac{1}{8}\)
6.
S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
n(S) = 6
A = {1, 2}
n(A) = 2
\(P\left( A \right) =\frac { n\left( A \right) }{ n\left( S \right) } =\frac { 2 }{ 6 } =\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
7.
Here, total number of face cards are 12
Number of queens are 4
Therefore Required probability = \(\frac { 4 }{ 12 } =\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
8.
Probability of sure event = 1
9.
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
10.
Possible outcomes are HH, HT, TH, TT
\(\Rightarrow\) Number of total outcomes = 4
Let A = Atleast one head
Favourable outcomes of event A are HH, HT or TH
\(\therefore\) Number of favourable outcomes = 3
P(A) = \(\frac{3}{4}\)
11.
Total number of cards = 52 and number of Jack of hearts =1
\(\therefore\) Probability of drawing a Jack of hearts = \(\frac{1}{52}\)
12.
probability that it will not rain tomorrow
= 1 - Probability that it will rain tomorrow = 1 - 0.85 = 0.15
13.
When two coins are tossed simultaneously
Total number of number of outcomes = {HH, HT, TH, TT}
Total number of outcomes = 4
Favourable outcomes = {HT, TH} = 2
Probability of getting exactly one head = \(\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}\)
14.
When we toss a coin,we get either head or tail which are equally likely outcomes. Hence, the result of the toss of a coin is completely unpredictable or unbiased. So, tossing a coin is a fair way of deciding.
15.
Total number of outcomes = 30
(i) let A = getting a number greater than 3 on each die.
Favourable outcomes of event A are
(4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)
\(\therefore P(A)=\frac{9}{36}=\frac{1}{4}\)
(ii) let B = getting a total 6 or 7 of the numbers on two dice.
Favourable outcomes to event B are
(1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 4), (2, 5), (3, 3), (3, 4), (4, 2), (4, 3), (5, 1), (5, 2), (6, 1)
\(\therefore P(B) = \frac{11}{36}\)
16.
Total number of playing cards = 52
(i) Favourable cases for a king or a jack are 8 (4 kings + 4 jacks)
\(\therefore\) Probability of drawing a king or a jack = \(\frac{8}{52}=\frac{2}{13}\)
(ii) Favourable cases for a non-ace are 48 (52 cards - 4 aces)
\(\therefore\) Probability of drawing a non-ace = \(\frac{48}{52}=\frac{12}{13}\)
(iii) Favourable cases for a red cards are 26 (13 hearts + 13 diamonds)
\(\therefore\) Probability of drawing a red card = \(\frac{26}{52}=\frac{1}{2}\)
(iv) Favourable cases for neither a king nor a queen are 44 (52 cards - 4 kings - 4 queen)
\(\therefore\) Probability of drawing neither a king nor a queen = \(\frac{44}{52}=\frac{11}{13}\)
17.
(i) Total number of cards = 5
\(\therefore\) Number of all possible outcomes = 5
P (picking a queen card)= \(\frac{1}{5}\)
[\(\because\) as there is only one queen]
(ii) Suppose a queen is drawn and put a side. then, four cards are left namely, ten, jack, king and ace of diamonds.
Now, number of all possible outcomes = 4
(a) P(the second card picked up is an ace) = \(\frac{1}{4}\)
(b) P (the second card picked up is a queen)
\(=\frac{0}{4}=0\) [\(\because\) queen is drawn before]
18.
When two coins are tossed simultaneously, all possible outcomes are {HH, HT, TH, TT}.
Total number of sample space is n(S)=4
(i) Let E1=Event of getting no head={TT}
n(E1)=1
∴ P (getting no head)\(=\frac { n(E_{ 1 }) }{ n(S) } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \)
(ii) Let E2=Event of getting at most one tail
={HT, TH, HH}
n(E2)=3
∴ P (getting atmost one tail)\(=\frac { n(E_{ 2 }) }{ n(S) } =\frac { 3 }{ 4 } \)
(iii) Let E2=Event of getting one tail={HT, TH}
n(E3)=2
∴ P (getting one tail)\(=\frac { n(E_{ 3 }) }{ n(S) } =\frac { 2 }{ 3 } =\frac { 1 }{ 2 }\)
(d) Let E4=Event of getting one head and one tail
={HT, TH}
n(E4)=2
∴ P (getting one head and one tail)\(=\frac { n(E_{ 4 }) }{ n(S) } =\frac { 2 }{ 4 } =\frac { 1 }{ 2 }\)
19.
Total number of pieces = 8 + 10 = 18
(i) No.of triangles = 8. Hence, P(triangle is lost) = \(\frac{8}{18}=\frac{4}{9}\)
(ii) No.of squares = 10. Hence, P(square is lost) = \(\frac{10}{18}=\frac{5}{9}\)
(iii) No.of squares of blue colour = 6. So, P(square of blue colour is lost) = \(\frac{6}{18}=\frac{1}{3}\)
(iv) No.of triangles of red colour = 8 - 3 = 5. So, P(triangle of red colour is lost) = \(\frac{5}{18}\)
20.
(a)
21.
(a)
22.
(a)
23.
(b)
24.
(a)
25.
( )
\(1\over2\)
26.
( )
\(1\over6\)
27.
( )
0.65
28.
( )
negative
29.
( )
\(3\over10\)
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