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Probability Analysis of Magazine Subscriptions and Tyre Durability

The document contains two questions. The first question asks to find probabilities related to magazine subscriptions among executives at a company. The second question asks to find probabilities related to the distance a tire will last before needing replacement based on data from 1000 tires.

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Probability Analysis of Magazine Subscriptions and Tyre Durability

The document contains two questions. The first question asks to find probabilities related to magazine subscriptions among executives at a company. The second question asks to find probabilities related to the distance a tire will last before needing replacement based on data from 1000 tires.

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[Link] Bangalore office of TCS has 1200 executives.

Out of these, 880 subscribe to the Time


magazine and 650 subscribe to the Economist. Each executive may subscribe to either the
Time or the Economist or both. If an executive is picked at random, find the probability that
i. He has subscribed to the Time magazine.
[Link] has subscribed to the Economist.
[Link] has subscribed to both magazines.
iv. If among the executives who have subscribed to the Time magazine, an executive is picked
at random. What is the probability that he has also subscribed to the Economist?

Q2.A tyre manufacturing company kept a record of the distance covered before a tyre needed
to be replaced. The table shows the result of 1000 cases.

Distance(in km) Less than 4000 4000 to 9000 9001 to 14000 More than 14000
Frequency 20 210 325 445

If a tyre is bought from this company, what is the probability that :


(i) it has to be substituted before 4000 km is covered?
(ii) it will last more than 9000 km?
(iii) it has to be replaced after 4000 km and 14000 km is covered by it?

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