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    This document provides 17 practice problems related to probability and statistics concepts covered in course sections 1.2 and 1.3, including: - Constructing and using Venn diagrams to illustrate set relationships like unions, intersections, complements, and distributive/De Morgan's laws - Calculating probabilities using properties like the inclusion-exclusion principle, partitions of sample spaces, and conditional/joint probabilities - Solving word problems involving probabilities of events occurring for things like choosing electives or owning computers Students are instructed to refer to their lecture notes and formula sheet to complete the unsubmitted problems.

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    STA257H1F

    Probability and Statistics I


    Summer 2021
    Assignment One
    Please read Sections 1.2 and 1.3 in the text and look over your lecture notes. These homework
    problems are not to be handed in. Use the formula sheet.

    1. Do Exercises 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 in the text. For 1.2.6, just give regions a, b and e. The
    answers are a = A ∩ B c ∩ C c , b = A ∩ B ∩ C c , and e = A ∩ B ∩ C.
    2. Make Venn diagrams to illustrate the distributive laws:
    (a) (A ∪ B) ∩ C = (A ∩ C) ∪ (B ∩ C)
    (b) (A ∩ B) ∪ C = (A ∪ C) ∩ (B ∪ C)
    3. Make Venn diagrams to illustrate the De Morgan laws:
    (a) (A ∩ B)c = Ac ∪ B c
    (b) (A ∪ B)c = Ac ∩ B c
    4. Make a Venn diagram showing that if A and B are disjoint, then A ∩ C and B ∩ C are
    also disjoint.
    5. Prove Property 5: P (Ac ) = 1−P (A). Use Properties 1-4 of probability and the tabular
    format illustrated in lecture.
    6. Prove Property 6: If A ⊆ B then P (A) ≤ P (B). Use Properties 1-4 of probability and
    the tabular format illustrated in lecture.
    7. Prove Property 7 (the inclusion-exclusion principle): P (A∪B) = P (A)+P (B)−P (A∩
    B). Use Properties 1-4 of probability.
    8. Do Exercises 1.2.1, 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 in the text. The answer to 1.2.4 is No. Consider
    P ({2, 3}).
    9. Let A1 , A2 , . . . form a partition of the sample space S, meaning that
    P∞A1 , A2 , . . . are
    disjoint and S = ∪∞ A
    k=1 k . Let B be any event. Show that P (B) = k=1 P (Ak ∩ B).
    Use Properties 1-4 of probability¿
    Let A1 , A2 , . . . be a collection of events, not necessarily disjoint. Show that P (∪∞
    10. P k=1 Ak ) ≤
    ∞
    k=1 P (A k ). Use the Properties 1-7 of probability.
    11. Do Exercises 1.3.1, 1.3.3 and 1.3.5. For Exercise 1.3.5, what is the sample space?
    Assume all outcomes are equally likely.

    1
    12. Do Problem 1.3.9 in the text. It may be helpful to make a Venn diagram. The answer
    is that P ({2}) could be as small as zero, and as large as 0.2.

    13. The probability that a student has a laptop is 2/3, and the probability that he has a
    desktop is 4/9. If the probability of having either a laptop or a desktop is 7/9, find
    the following probabilities:

    (a) A student has both computers.


    (b) A student has a laptop, but not a desktop
    (c) A student has exactly one computer.

    14. If A and B are two events such that


    2 3 1
    P (Ac ) = , P (A ∪ B) = and P (A ∩ B) =
    3 4 4
    Find the following probabilities

    (a) P (A)
    (b) P (B)
    (c) P (A ∩ B c )
    (d) P (B ∩ Ac )
    (e) P (Ac ∩ B c )

    15. If A, B, and C are three events, find P (A ∪ (B c ∪ C c )c ) in each of the following cases:

    (a) P (A) = .5 and A, B, C are mutually exclusive.

    (b) P (A) = 0.5, and P (A) = 2P (B ∩ C) = 3P (A ∩ B ∩ C).

    (c) P (A) = 0.5, P (B ∩ C) = 1/3, and P (A ∩ C) = 0.

    (d) P (Ac ∩ (B c ∪ C c )) = 0.7.

    16. A computer student must choose exactly two out of three electives: STA, PHY, and
    MATH. He chooses SAT with probability 0.625, PHY with probability 0.625, and STA
    and PHY together with probability 0.25.

    (a) What is the probability that he chooses MATH?

    (b) What is the probability that he chooses either STA or PHY?

    2
    17. Let the sample space S = {a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 , a6 } be given. Let A = {a1 , a2 , a3 }, B =
    {a2 , a4 }, C = {a4 , a5 , a6 }, D = {a2 } and E = {a4 }. If P (A) = P (B) = P (C) and
    P (D) = 2P (E). Find:

    (a) P (A ∩ D0 ).
    (b) P (A ∪ E).

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