Probability Questions (959)

A set contains 3n members. Let \(P_n\) be the probability that S is partitioned into 3 disjoint subsets with n members in each subset such that the three largest members of S are in different subsets. Then \(\lim_{n \to \infty} P_n =\)
Eight players $P_1, P_2, \ldots P_8$ play a knock out tournament. It is known that whenever the players $P_i$ and $P_j$ play, the player $P_i$ will win if $i < j$. Assuming that the players are paired at random in each round, then the probability that the player $P_4$ reaches the final is ______.
The probability that all the squares in any column are of same color and that of a row are of alternating color is
Let \(S\) be the set of all functions from the set \(\{1, 2, \ldots, 10\}\) to itself. One function is selected from \(S\), the probability that the selected function is one-one and onto is:
A die is thrown. Let A be the event that the number obtained is greater than 3 and B be the event that the number obtained is less than 5. Then, \(P(A \cup B)\) is
Logic on success events.
Box I contains 5 red and 2 blue balls, while box II contains 2 red and 6 blue balls. A fair coin is tossed. If it turns up head, a ball is drawn from box I, else a ball is drawn from box II. The probability that the ball drawn is from box I, if it is blue, is
An ordinary deck of $52$ playing cards is randomly divided into $4$ groups of $13$ cards each. The probability that each group has exactly $1$ jack?
Tickets 1-10 drawn without replacement. Prob |x - y| >= 4.
The probability that in a year of 22nd century chosen at random, there will be 53 Sundays, is
A four-digit number is formed by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 with no repetition. The probability that the number is odd, is
A bag contains 8 balls, whose colours are either white or black. 4 balls are drawn at random without replacement and it was found that 2 balls are white and other 2 are black. The probability that the bag contains equal number of white and black balls is:
Two cards are drawn without replacement from a well-shuffled pack. The probability that one of them is an ace of heart, is
A and B are two events such that P(A) > 0, P(B) ≠ 1, then P(B'/A) is equal to
Find the minimum number of times one has to toss a fair coin so that the probability of observing at least one head is at least 90%.
Out of (2n + 1) tickets numbered consecutively, three numbers on them are in AP. Find the chance that the numbers drawn are in AP.
A set \(S\) contains 7 elements. A non-empty subset \(A\) of \(S\) and an element \(x\) of \(S\) are chosen at random. Then the probability that \(x \in A\) is:
For Problems 13–15: An amoeba either splits into two or remains the same or eventually dies out immediately after completion of every second with probabilities, respectively, 1/2, 1/4, and 1/4. Let the initial amoeba be called as mother amoeba and after every second, the amoeba, if it is distinct from the previous one, be called as 2nd, 3rd, ... generations.The probability that amoeba population will be maximum after completion of 3 s is
Three dice are thrown. The probability of getting a sum which is a perfect square, is
If four persons independently solve a certain problem correctly with probabilities \(\frac{1}{2}\), \(\frac{3}{4}\), \(\frac{1}{4}\) and \(\frac{1}{8}\), then the probability that the problem is solved correctly by at least one of them is
If 12 identical balls are to be placed in 3 identical boxes, then the probability that one of the boxes contains exactly 3 balls is
An integer is chosen at random and squared. Find the probability that the unit digit of the square is 1 or 5.
A pair of fair dice is rolled together till a sum of either 5 or 7 is obtained. The probability that 5 comes before 7 is
In a series of three trials the probability of exactly two successes in nine times as large as the probability of three successes. Then, the probability of success in each trial is
Three natural numbers are taken at random from the set \(A = \{x | 1 \leq x \leq 100, x \in \mathbb{N}\}\). The probability that the AM of the numbers taken is 75, is
Example 30 (Assertion-Reason):A fair die is thrown twice. Let $(a, b)$ denote the outcome in which the first throw shows $a$ and the second shows $b$. Let A and B be the following two events:$A = \{(a,b) \mid a \text{ is even}\}$, $B = \{(a,b) \mid b \text{ is even}\}$Statement-1: If $C = \{(a,b) \mid a + b \text{ is odd}\}$, then $P(A \cap B \cap C) = \frac{1}{8}$.Statement-2: If $D = \{(a,b) \mid a + b \text{ is even}\}$, then $P[(A \cap B \cap D) \mid (A \cup B)] = 1$.
A soldier is firing at a moving target. He fires four shots. The probability of hitting the target at the first, second, third and fourth shots are 0.6, 0.4, 0.2 and 0.1 respectively. What is the probability that he hits the target?
A bag contains 10 white and 3 black balls. Balls are drawn one by one without replacement till all the black balls are drawn. The probability that the procedure of drawing balls will come to an end at the seventh draw is:
If birth to a male child and birth to a female child are equally probable, then what is the probability that at least one of the three children born to a couple is male?
If A and B are any two events, then \(P(A \cap B)\) is equal to
Which of the following is a tautology?
Three numbers are randomly selected from the set \(\{10, 11, 12, \ldots, 100\}\). Probability that they form a Geometric progression with integral common ratio greater than 1 is:
The decimal parts of the logarithms of two numbers taken at random are found to six places of decimal. What is the chance that the second can be subtracted from the first without 'borrowing'?For each column of the two numbers, n(S) = number of ways to fill the two places by the digits 0, 1, 2, ..., 9 = 10 × 10 = 100.
Events A, B, C are mutually exclusive events such that \(P(A) = \dfrac{3x+1}{3}\), \(P(B) = \dfrac{1-x}{4}\) and \(P(C) = \dfrac{1-2x}{2}\). The set of possible values of \(x\) are in the interval
From a group of 10 men and 5 women, four member committees are to be formed each of which must contain at least one woman. Then the probability for these committees to have more women than men is
There are 20 cards. Ten of these cards have the letter "I" printed on them and the other 10 have the letter "T" printed on them. If three cards are picked up at random and kept in the same order, the probability of making word IIT is
Two numbers x and y are chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, ..., 3n}. Find the probability that x2 − y2 is divisible by 3.
A man takes a step forward with probability 0.4 and backward with probability 0.6. Find the probability that at the end of eleven steps he is one step away from the starting point.
A mapping is selected at random from the set of all the mappings of the set \(A = \{1, 2, \ldots, n\}\) into itself. Find the probability that the mapping selected is an injection.
Three faces of a fair dice are yellow, two are red and one is blue. Find the probability that the dice shows (a) yellow, (b) red and (c) blue face.
If A be any event in sample space then the maximum value of \(3P(A) + 4P(\overline{A})\) is:
In the Monty Hall Problem: Mr. Rajesh is on a game show and is given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car and behind the others are empty. Mr. Rajesh picks door No. 1. The host (who knows what's behind the doors) opens door No. 2 and reveals it is empty. The host then asks Mr. Rajesh if he wants to switch to door No. 3. What is the probability of winning if Mr. Rajesh switches to door No. 2?
An unbiased coin is tossed. If the result is a head, a pair of unbiased dice is rolled and the sum of the numbers obtained is noted. If the result is a tail, a card from a well shuffled pack of eleven cards numbered 2, 3, 4, ..., 12 is picked and the number on the card is noted. The probability that the noted number is either 7 or 8 is
There are \((n+1)\) urns, each containing some balls. Let \(E_1\) denote the event that one of the first \(n\) urns is chosen and \(E_2\) denote the event that the \((n+1)\)th urn is selected. \(A\) denotes the event that two balls drawn are black. Then \(p(E_1) = \dfrac{n}{n+1}\), \(P(E_2) = \dfrac{1}{n+1}\), \(P(A/E_1) = \dfrac{^6C_2}{^{10}C_2} = \dfrac{1}{3}\) and \(P(A/E_2) = \dfrac{^5C_2}{^{10}C_2} = \dfrac{2}{9}\). Using Bayes' Theorem, if \(P(E_2/A) = \dfrac{1}{16}\), find the value of \(n\).
A die is rolled three times. The probability of getting a larger number than the previous number each time is
Two dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the two dices is 11, if 5 appears on the first?
A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one-by-one, with replacement, then the variance of the number of green balls drawn is
A real estate man has eight master keys to open several new homes. Only one master key will open any given house. If 40% of these homes are usually left unlocked, what is the probability that the real estate man can get into a specific home if he selects three master keys at random before leaving the office?
A doctor is called to see a sick child. The doctor knows (prior to the visit) that 90% of the sick children in that neighborhood are sick with the flu, denoted by \(F\), while 10% are sick with the measles, denoted by \(M\). A well-known symptom of measles is a rash, denoted by \(R\). The probability of having a rash for a child sick with the measles is 0.95. However, occasionally children with the flu also develop a rash, with conditional probability 0.08. Upon examination the child, the doctor finds a rash. Then what is the probability that the child has the measles?
In a certain population, 10% of the people are rich, 5% are famous, and 3% are rich and famous. Find the probability that a person picked at random from the population is either famous or rich but not both.