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The document presents a series of probability problems involving defective products, coin transfers, job selection, urn selections, diagnostic tests, and student preferences. Each problem requires calculating conditional probabilities based on given ratios, percentages, and outcomes. The scenarios illustrate the application of probability theory in real-world contexts.

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practice question of prob

The document presents a series of probability problems involving defective products, coin transfers, job selection, urn selections, diagnostic tests, and student preferences. Each problem requires calculating conditional probabilities based on given ratios, percentages, and outcomes. The scenarios illustrate the application of probability theory in real-world contexts.

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1. Three companies A, B and C supply 25%, 35% and 40% of the notebooks to a school.

Past experience shows that 5%, 4% and 2% of the notebooks produced by these
companies are defective. If a notebook was found to be defective, what is the
probability that the notebook was supplied by A?

2. A box of cartridges contains 30 cartridges, of which 6 are defective. If 3 of the


cartridges are removed from the box in succession without replacement, what is the
probability that all the 3 cartridges are defective?

3. Suppose box A contains 4 red and 5 blue coins and box B contains 6 red and 3 blue
coins. A coin is chosen at random from the box A and placed in box B. Finally, a coin
is chosen at random from among those now in box B. What is the probability a blue
coin was transferred from box A to box B given that the coin chosen from box B is
red?
4. Three persons A, B and C have applied for a job in a private company. The chance of
their selections is in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4. The probabilities that A, B and C can introduce
changes to improve the profits of the company are 0.8, 0.5 and 0.3, respectively. If the
change does not take place, find the probability that it is due to the appointment of C.

5. An urn B1 contains 2 white and 3 black chips and another urn B2 contains 3 white and
4 black chips. One urn is selected at random and a chip is drawn from it. If the chip
drawn is found black, find the probability that the urn chosen was B1.

6. A certain disease affects 1% of a population. A diagnostic test is available, but it is


not perfect. If a person has the disease, the test is positive 95% of the time (true
positive rate).If a person does not have the disease, the test is positive 5% of the time
(false positive rate).Given that a person tests positive, what is the probability that they
have the disease?

7. A diagnostic test has a probability 0.95 of giving a positive result when applied to a
person suffering from a certain disease, and a probability 0.10 of giving a (false)
positive when applied to a non-sufferer. It is estimated that 0.5 % of the population
are sufferers. Suppose that the test is now administered to a person about whom we
have no relevant information relating to the disease (apart from the fact that he/she
comes from this population). Calculate the probability that, given a positive result, the
person is a sufferer.

8 .In a class, 60% of the students like Mathematics and 35% of students like Physics and 25%
like both the subjects. One student selects at random, find the probability that he likes Physics
if it is known that he likes Mathematics.

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