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Chapter 7: Probability II Probability of An Event No

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Chapter 7 : Probability II Probability of an event No.

Question 1 Determinte the sample space: a) A letter is selected at random from the word SPICE. b) A number is selected at random from a set of even numbers from 2 to 10. c) A number is selected at random from the set {x : 5 x 12, x is an integer} 2
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The spinner shown above is spinned twice. Determine the sample space for the experiment. 3 The parking lot in a shopping complex is filled with 20 buses, 50 cars and 30 motorcycles. If wach vehicles has an equal chance of leaving at any one time, find the probability that the next vehicle to leave will be: a) A bus b) A car A letter is selected at random from the word HAPPINESS. Find the probability of selecting: a) The letter P b) A vowel A coin is tossed and a dice is rolled. Find the probability that: a) A heads and a prime number are obtained b) A tails and a perfect square are obtained There are 8 boys and x girls in a class. A student is selected at random from the class and the probability that a girl is selected is . Find the value of x. 7 A group of 18 students in a class wear spectacles and it is given that 12 of them are girls. a) If a student is selected at random from the group, find the probability that the student is a girl. b) If a student is selected at random from the class, the probability that the student wears spectacles is . Find the number of students in the class.

A factory has 24 male and 16 female workers. a) If a worker is selected at random, find the probability that a male worker is selected. b) If 4 female workers leave the factory, then a worker is selected at random, find the probability that a female worker is selected. There are 42 patients in a clinic and the probability of randomly selecting a male patient from the clinic is . a) Find the number of male patients in the clinic. b) If 8 new female patients enter the clinic, then a patient is selected at random, find the probability of selecting a female patient.

Probability of the complement of an event No. Question 1 A number is selected at random from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, ....50}. find the probability that the selected number is not a perfect square. 2 A box contains 27 green apples and some red apples. An apples. An apple is selected at random from the box and the probability of selecting a green apple is . Find: a) The probability of selecting a red apple. b) The number of red apples in the box 3 Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that a) The number obtained are the same b) The number obtained are different

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The table aove shows the number of coins of different values in a bag. A coin is selected at random from the bag and the probbaility of selecting a 10 sen coin is . Find: a) The probability of selecting a 20 sen coin or a 50 sen coin. b) The value of x. 5 A number is selected at random from the set {2, 3, 5} and another number is selected at random from the set {3, 5, 6}. Find: a) The sample space b) The probability of selecting twi same numbers c) The probability of selecting two different numbers.

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