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Probability Problems and Solutions

The document contains 11 probability sample problems involving topics like: the probability of angles formed by lines drawn inside a square, the probability of a family having all boys or all girls, the probability of who hits a target in a shooting game, the probability of outcomes in coin flips and duels, probability calculations using Poisson distribution, and determining the probability of events given conditional probabilities.

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Probability Problems and Solutions

The document contains 11 probability sample problems involving topics like: the probability of angles formed by lines drawn inside a square, the probability of a family having all boys or all girls, the probability of who hits a target in a shooting game, the probability of outcomes in coin flips and duels, probability calculations using Poisson distribution, and determining the probability of events given conditional probabilities.

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Probability Sample Problems

1. Point P is randomly chosen inside the square ABCD. Lines AP and PB are then drawn.
What is the probability that angle APB is obtuse?
2. A family with 5 children is selected at random, what is the probability that all are girls or
all are boys?
3. The probabilities that three men hit a target are 1/6, 1/4, and 1/3, respectively. Each shoot
once at the target. If only one of them hits the target, find the probability that it was the
first man.
4. Smith and Jones, both 50% marksmen, decide to fight a duel in which they exchange
alternate shots until one is hit. What are the odds in favor of the man who shoots first?
5. A disease is known to affect 1 in 10,000 people. A screening test for the disease shows a
positive result for 99% of the people with the disease. The test also shows positive for 2%
of people who do not have the disease. Find the probability that somebody is healthy
given that they have positive test result?
6. A combination lock has 60 different positions. To open the lock, the dial is turned to a
certain number in the clockwise direction, then to a number in the counterclockwise
direction, and finally to a third number in the clockwise direction. If successive numbers
in the combination cannot be the same, how many different combinations are possible?
7. Find the probability that in a group of eight students at least two people have the same
birthday.
8. An airline company known for its promo fare receives on an average 9.7 complaints per
day. Using Poisson probability distribution formula, find the probability that on a certain
day this airline company will receive exactly 8 complaints
9. A student goes to the library. The probability that she checks out (a) a work of fiction is
0.40, (b) a work of non-fiction is 0.30, and (c) both fiction and non-fiction is 0.20. What
is the probability that the student checks out a work of fiction, non-fiction, or both?
10. The Department of Health encourages elderly people to have a flu vaccination each year.
The vaccination reduces the likelihood of getting a flu from 40% to 10%. If 45% of the
elderly people visiting the doctor have the vaccination, find the probability that an elderly
person chosen at random had the vaccination, given that they get flu.
11. A three-man jury has two members each of whom independently has a probability p of
making the correct decision and a third member who flips a coin for each decision
(majority rules). A one-man jury has probability p of making the correct decision. Which
jury has the better position of making the correct decision?

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