Probability
Let $\mathrm{S} = \{ {w_1},{w_2},......\} $ be the sample space associated to a random experiment. Let $P({w_n}) = {{P({w_{n - 1}})} \over 2},n \ge 2$. Let $A = \{ 2k + 3l:k,l \in N\} $ and $B = \{ {w_n}:n \in A\} $. Then P(B) is equal to :
Fifteen football players of a club-team are given 15 T-shirts with their names written on the backside. If the players pick up the T-shirts randomly, then the probability that at least 3 players pick the correct T-shirt is :
Let N be the sum of the numbers appeared when two fair dice are rolled and let the probability that $N-2,\sqrt{3N},N+2$ are in geometric progression be $\frac{k}{48}$. Then the value of k is :
Let M be the maximum value of the product of two positive integers when their sum is 66. Let the sample space $S = \left\{ {x \in \mathbb{Z}:x(66 - x) \ge {5 \over 9}M} \right\}$ and the event $\mathrm{A = \{ x \in S:x\,is\,a\,multiple\,of\,3\}}$. Then P(A) is equal to :
Let N denote the number that turns up when a fair die is rolled. If the probability that the system of equations
$x + y + z = 1$
$2x + \mathrm{N}y + 2z = 2$
$3x + 3y + \mathrm{N}z = 3$
has unique solution is ${k \over 6}$, then the sum of value of k and all possible values of N is :
Let $\Omega$ be the sample space and $\mathrm{A \subseteq \Omega}$ be an event.
Given below are two statements :
(S1) : If P(A) = 0, then A = $\phi$
(S2) : If P(A) = 1, then A = $\Omega$
Then :
A fair $n(n > 1)$ faces die is rolled repeatedly until a number less than $n$ appears. If the mean of the number of tosses required is $\frac{n}{9}$, then $n$ is equal to ____________.
Explanation:
$ \text { Mean }=\sum\limits_{i=1}^{\infty} p_i x_i=1 \cdot \frac{n-1}{n}+\frac{2}{n} \cdot\left(\frac{n-1}{n}\right)+\frac{3}{n^2}\left(\frac{n-1}{n}\right)+\ldots $
$ \frac{n}{9}=\left(1-\frac{1}{n}\right) S $ ......(1)
where
$ \begin{aligned} & S=1+\frac{2}{n}+\frac{3}{n^2}+\frac{4}{n^3}+\ldots \\\\ & \frac{1}{n} S=\frac{1}{n}+\frac{2}{n^2}+\frac{3}{n^3}+\ldots \\\\ & ----------------\\\\ & \left(1-\frac{1}{n}\right) S=1+\frac{1}{n}+\frac{1}{n^2}+\frac{1}{n^3}+\ldots \end{aligned} $
$ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \left(1-\frac{1}{n}\right) S=\frac{1}{1-\frac{1}{n}} \\\\ & \Rightarrow \frac{n}{9}=\left(1-\frac{1}{n}\right) \times \frac{1}{\left(1-\frac{1}{n}\right)^2}=\frac{n}{n-1} \end{aligned} $
$ \Rightarrow $ n = 10
Let the probability of getting head for a biased coin be $\frac{1}{4}$. It is tossed repeatedly until a head appears. Let $\mathrm{N}$ be the number of tosses required. If the probability that the equation $64 \mathrm{x}^{2}+5 \mathrm{Nx}+1=0$ has no real root is $\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{q}}$, where $\mathrm{p}$ and $\mathrm{q}$ are coprime, then $q-p$ is equal to ________.
Explanation:
This gives us :
$(5N)^2 - 4\times64\times1 < 0$
$\Rightarrow 25N^2 < 256$
$\Rightarrow N^2 < \frac{256}{25}$
$\Rightarrow N < \sqrt{\frac{256}{25}} = \frac{16}{5}$
Since $N$ must be an integer (as it represents the number of tosses), the possible values of $N$ are 1, 2, or 3.
The probability of getting the first head on the $n$-th toss (given the probability of getting a head is $1/4$) is given by the geometric distribution formula, $(1 - p)^{n-1}\times p$.
So, the probability for our specific values of $N$ is:
$P(N=1) = (1 - 1/4)^{1-1}\times(1/4) = 1/4$
$P(N=2) = (1 - 1/4)^{2-1}\times(1/4) = 3/4 \times 1/4 = 3/16$
$P(N=3) = (1 - 1/4)^{3-1}\times(1/4) = (3/4)^2 \times 1/4 = 9/64$
Therefore, the total probability (p/q) is :
$p/q = P(N=1) + P(N=2) + P(N=3)$
$= 1/4 + 3/16 + 9/64$
$= 16/64 + 12/64 + 9/64$
$= 37/64$
So, $p = 37$, $q = 64$ and $q-p = 64 - 37 = 27$.
Therefore, $q-p$ is equal to $27$.
Explanation:
$ \begin{aligned} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{\operatorname{ar}(\mathrm{OACDEG})}{(\mathrm{OBDF})} \\\\ & =\frac{\operatorname{ar}(\mathrm{OBDF})-\operatorname{ar}(\mathrm{ABC})-\operatorname{ar}(\mathrm{EFG})}{\operatorname{ar}(\mathrm{OBDF})} \\\\ & \Rightarrow \frac{11}{36}=\frac{(60)^2-\frac{1}{2}(60-\mathrm{a})^2-\frac{1}{2}(60-\mathrm{a})^2}{3600} \\\\ & \Rightarrow 1100=3600-(60-\mathrm{a})^2 \\\\ & \Rightarrow (60-\mathrm{a})^2=2500 \Rightarrow 60-\mathrm{a}=50 \\\\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{a}=10 \end{aligned} $
Explanation:
$p = {6 \over {36}} = {1 \over 6}$
$q = {{{}^6{C_1} \times {}^5{C_1} \times {{4!} \over {3!}}} \over {{6^4}}} = {{120} \over {1296}} = {5 \over {54}}$
${p \over q} = {{{1 \over 6}} \over {{5 \over {54}}}} = {{54} \over {6 \times 5}} = {9 \over 5} = {m \over n}$
$m + n = 14$
25% of the population are smokers. A smoker has 27 times more chances to develop lung cancer than a non smoker. A person is diagnosed with lung cancer and the probability that this person is a smoker is $\frac{k}{10}%$. Then the value of k is __________.
Explanation:
Probability of a person being non-smoker $=\frac{3}{4}$
$P\left(\frac{\text { Person is smoker }}{\text { Person diagonsed with cancer }}\right)=\frac{\frac{1}{4} \cdot 27 P}{\frac{1}{4} \cdot 27 P+\frac{3 P}{4}}$
$=\frac{9}{10}=\frac{k}{10}$
$\Rightarrow k=9$
Three urns A, B and C contain 4 red, 6 black; 5 red, 5 black; and $\lambda$ red, 4 black balls respectively. One of the urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn. If the ball drawn is red and the probability that it is drawn from urn C is 0.4 then the square of the length of the side of the largest equilateral triangle, inscribed in the parabola $y^2=\lambda x$ with one vertex at the vertex of the parabola, is :
Explanation:
$E_{2}:$ Ball is drawn from urn $B(5 R+5 B)$
$E_{3}$ : Ball is drawn from urn $C(\lambda R+4 B)$
$A \rightarrow$ Ball drawn is red.
Required probability $=P\left(\frac{E_{3}}{A}\right)$
$=\frac{\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{\lambda}{\lambda+4}}{\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{4}{10}+\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{5}{10}+\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{\lambda}{\lambda+4}}=\frac{2}{5}$
$\Rightarrow\frac{10 \lambda}{19 \lambda+36}=\frac{2}{5}$
$\Rightarrow \lambda=6$
So, parabola $y^2=6 x$
Let side length of the triangle be $l$.
$ \begin{aligned} & \tan 30^{\circ}=\frac{3 t} {\frac{3}{2} t^2} \\\\ & \Rightarrow \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{2}{t} \\\\ & \therefore t=2 \sqrt{3} \\\\ & \text { So, }\left(\frac{3}{2} t^2, 3 t\right) \\\\ & =(18,6 \sqrt{3}) \end{aligned} $
$ \text { Now, } l^2=18^2+(6 \sqrt{3})^2=324+108=432 $
Explanation:
Among these 38 elements, let us calculate when element is not divisible by 20
$\therefore p=\frac{38-7}{38} $
$ \therefore 38 p=31$
Explanation:
Number of points having 0 friend $=0$
Number of points having 1 friend $=0$
Number of points having 2 friends $=4$
Number of points having 3 friends $=5 \times 4=20$
Number of points having 4 friends $=49-24=25$
$\mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{i}}=$ Probability that randomly selected points has friends
$\mathrm{P}_0=0$ (0 friends)
$\mathrm{P}_1=0$ (exactly 1 friends)
$\mathrm{P}_2=\frac{{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_1}{{ }^{49} \mathrm{C}_1}=\frac{4}{9}$ (exactly 2 friends)
$\mathrm{P}_3=\frac{{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_1}{{ }^{49} \mathrm{C}_1}=\frac{20}{49}$ (exactly 3 friends)
$\mathrm{P}_4=\frac{{ }^{25} \mathrm{C}_1}{{ }^{49} \mathrm{C}_1}=\frac{25}{49}$ (exactly 4 friends)
$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \hline P(x) & 0 & 0 & \frac{4}{49} & \frac{20}{49} & \frac{25}{49} \\ \hline \end{array} $$\begin{aligned} & \text { Mean }=E(x)=\sum x_i P_i=0+0+\frac{8}{49}+\frac{60}{49}+\frac{100}{49}=\frac{168}{49} \\\\ & 7(E(x))=\frac{168}{49} \times 7=24\end{aligned}$
Explanation:
Total number of ways of selecting 2 persons $={ }^{49} \mathrm{C}_2$
Number of ways in which 2 friends are selected $=6 \times 7 \times 2=84$
$7 \mathrm{P}=\frac{84 \times 2}{49 \times 48} \times 7=\frac{1}{2}$
If a matrix is chosen at random from the set of all $3 \times 3$ non-zero matrices whose entries are the elements of the set $\{-1,0,1\}$, then the probability that the matrix is skew-symmetric is
$\frac{1}{729}$
$\frac{1}{757}$
$\frac{1}{703}$
$\frac{1}{742}$
A boy throws an unbiased die. Whenever he gets 1 on the die he has a further chance to throw it once again immediately. The probability that the boy gets a score of 7 in this process is
$\frac{1}{5}\left(1-\frac{1}{6^5}\right)$
$\frac{1}{30}\left(1-\frac{1}{6^4}\right)$
$\frac{1}{30}\left(1-\frac{1}{6^5}\right)$
$\frac{1}{5}\left(1-\frac{1}{6^4}\right)$
There are 10 coins in a box out of which 8 are normal and the remaining are with heads on both sides. A coin is chosen at random from the box and tossed 6 times. If it shows heads each time, then the probability that the selected coin has head on both sides is
$\frac{16}{17}$
$\frac{32}{41}$
$\frac{8}{9}$
$\frac{12}{13}$
$ \text { A random variable } X \text { has the following distribution, } $
$ \begin{array}{lllllll} \hline X=x_i & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline P\left(X=x_i\right) & 0.1 & k & 0.2 & 2 k & 3 k & k \\ \hline \end{array} $
Then, the variance of this distribution is
2.64
2.8
2.16
1.86
A bag contains four balls. Two balls are drawn randomly and found them to be white. The probability that all the balls in the bag are white is
$1 / 2$
$3 / 5$
$1 / 4$
$2 / 3$
If the coefficients $a$ and $b$ of a quadratic expression $x^2+a x+b$ are chosen from the sets $A=\{3,4,5\}$ and $B=\{1,2,3,4\}$ respectively, then the probability that the equation $x^2+a x+b=0$ has real roots is
$1 / 6$
$5 / 6$
$3 / 4$
$7 / 12$
A random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution
$ \begin{array}{|c|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline \boldsymbol{X}=\boldsymbol{x} & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 \\ \hline \boldsymbol{P}(\boldsymbol{X}=\boldsymbol{x}) & 0.15 & 0.23 & k & 0.10 & 0.20 & 0.08 & 0.07 & 0.05 \\ \hline \end{array} $
For the events $E=\{x / x$ is a prime number $\}$ and $F=\{x / x<4\}$, then $P(E \cup F)=$
0.57
0.87
0.77
0.35
5 persons entered a lift cabin in the cellar of a 7 floor building apart from cellar. If each of them independently and with equal probability can leave the cabin at any floor out of the 7 floors beginning with the first, then the probability of all the 5 persons leaving the cabin at different floors is
$\frac{360}{2401}$
$\frac{5}{54}$
$\frac{51}{71}$
$\frac{5}{18}$
A bag contains 3 red, 5 black and 7 blue balls. If three balls are drawn at random simultaneously from the bag, then the probability of getting at least two blue balls is
$29 / 65$
$29 / 130$
$9 / 65$
$9 / 130$
In a game, two dice are thrown simultaneously by a person $A$ and two cards are drawn at random simultaneously from a pack of 52 playing cards by a person $B$. They win the game, if $A$ gets a prime score as the sum of the numbers appear on both the dice and $B$ gets a face card and a card having a prime number. Then, the probability that both $A$ and $B$ win is
$8 / 663$
$40 / 663$
$16 / 117$
$40 / 221$
Two players $A$ and $B$ alternatively toss 3 coins simultaneously. The player who gets 2 heads and 1 tail first, wins the game. If game continues until someone wins and if $A$ begins the game, the probability that B wins the game is
$\frac{24}{39}$
$\frac{4}{7}$
$\frac{15}{39}$
$\frac{3}{7}$
If two cards are drawn at random simultaneously from a pack of 52 playing cards, then the probability of getting a face card and a spade card other than the face card is
$\frac{35}{221}$
$\frac{20}{221}$
$\frac{77}{442}$
$\frac{65}{442}$
If three unbiased dice are rolled simultaneously, then the probability that all the three dice show distinct numbers is
$\frac{1}{36}$
$\frac{35}{36}$
$\frac{5}{9}$
$\frac{4}{9}$
Three persons $A, B$ and $C$ attended a recruitment test, The ratio of the chances of $A, B, C$ in getting through the test is $1: 2: 3$ and their probabilities to face the interview successfully are $0.8,0.7,0.6$, respectively. If one of them is to be selected for the post, then the probability that $A$ gets the post is
$3 / 8$
$7 / 20$
$9 / 20$
$1 / 5$
Two cards are drawn at random one after the other with replacement from a pack of 52 playing cards. Then, the variance of the random variable of the number of spade cards among the drawn cards is
$3 / 8$
$1 / 2$
$5 / 8$
$\frac{7}{8}$
If $A$ and $B$ are two events of a random experiment such that $P(A \cup B)=P(A \cap B)$, then which one amongst the following four options is not true?
If a group of six students including two particular students $A$ and $B$ stand in a row, then the probability of getting an arrangement in which $A$ and $B$ are separated by exactly one student in between them is
$A, B, C, D$ cut a pack of 52 well shuffled playing cards successively in the same order. If the person who cuts a spade first, wins the game and the game continues until this happens, then the probability that $A$ wins the game is
Two bad eggs are mixed accidentally with 10 good ones. If three eggs are drawn at random from this lot in succession without replacement, then the variance of the probability distribution of the number of bad eggs drawn is
A six faced die is a biased once. It is thrice more likely to show an odd number, then show an even number. It is thrown twice. The probability that the sum of the number in two throws is odd, is
Bag I contains 3 red, 4 black and 3 white balls and Bag II contains 2 red, 5 black and 2 white balls. One ball is transferred from Bag I to Bag II and then a ball is drawn from Bag II. The ball so drawn is found to be black in colour. Then the probability, that the transferred ball is red, is :
Let $S=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 2022\}$. Then the probability, that a randomly chosen number n from the set S such that $\mathrm{HCF}\,(\mathrm{n}, 2022)=1$, is :
Let $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}$ be two events such that $P(B \mid A)=\frac{2}{5}, P(A \mid B)=\frac{1}{7}$ and $P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{9} \cdot$ Consider
(S1) $P\left(A^{\prime} \cup B\right)=\frac{5}{6}$,
(S2) $P\left(A^{\prime} \cap B^{\prime}\right)=\frac{1}{18}$
Then :
Out of $60 \%$ female and $40 \%$ male candidates appearing in an exam, $60 \%$ candidates qualify it. The number of females qualifying the exam is twice the number of males qualifying it. A candidate is randomly chosen from the qualified candidates. The probability, that the chosen candidate is a female, is :
Let X have a binomial distribution B(n, p) such that the sum and the product of the mean and variance of X are 24 and 128 respectively. If $P(X>n-3)=\frac{k}{2^{n}}$, then k is equal to :
A six faced die is biased such that
$3 \times \mathrm{P}($a prime number$)\,=6 \times \mathrm{P}($a composite number$)\,=2 \times \mathrm{P}(1)$.
Let X be a random variable that counts the number of times one gets a perfect square on some throws of this die. If the die is thrown twice, then the mean of X is :
Let $S$ be the sample space of all five digit numbers. It $p$ is the probability that a randomly selected number from $S$, is a multiple of 7 but not divisible by 5 , then $9 p$ is equal to :
Let $X$ be a binomially distributed random variable with mean 4 and variance $\frac{4}{3}$. Then, $54 \,P(X \leq 2)$ is equal to :
