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Probability Practice Problems Module

The document contains a series of practice problems related to probability and statistics, covering various scenarios such as hitting targets, reactions to injections, defective items, car demands, free throw success, customer acquisition, glassware defects, traffic congestion, and incident management. Each question requires the application of probability concepts, including Poisson distribution and binomial probabilities. The document is intended for educational purposes, likely for students studying statistics or probability theory.

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Probability Practice Problems Module

The document contains a series of practice problems related to probability and statistics, covering various scenarios such as hitting targets, reactions to injections, defective items, car demands, free throw success, customer acquisition, glassware defects, traffic congestion, and incident management. Each question requires the application of probability concepts, including Poisson distribution and binomial probabilities. The document is intended for educational purposes, likely for students studying statistics or probability theory.

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Module 3: Practice Problems

August 2, 2025

Q1 The probability of a man hitting a target is 0.25. If he fires 7 times, what is


the probability of his hitting the target at least twice? How many times must
he fire in order to hit the first target?

Q2 The probability that an individual will suffer a bad reaction from a particular
injection is 0.001. Determine the probability that out of 2000 individuals more
than 2 individuals will suffer a bad reaction.

Q3 A machine is known to produce 10 % defective items. If a random sample


of 200 items is taken, what is the probability of getting exactly 3 defectives
(Approximate by Poisson probability)?

Q4 A car hire firm has 2 cars which it hires out day by day. The number of
demands for a car on each day follows a Poisson distribution with mean 1.5.
Calculate the probability that on a particular day (i) neither car is used, (ii)
some demand is refused.

Q5 Bob is a high school basketball player. He is a 70% free throw shooter. That
means his probability of making a free throw is 0.70. During the season, what
is the probability that Bob makes his third free throw on his fifth shot? What
is the probability that Bob makes his first free throw on his fifth shot?

Q6 A marketing team launches a new campaign and considers it successful after


acquiring 10 new customers. If the probability of converting a lead is 20%, what
is the probability of achieving success after contacting 40 potential customers?

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Q7 In the manufacture of glassware, bubbles can occur in the glass which reduces
the status of the glassware to that of a ‘second’. If, on average, one in every
1000 items produced has a bubble, calculate the probability that exactly six
items in a batch of three thousand are seconds.

Q8 Suppose it has been observed that, on average, 180 cars per hour pass a spec-
ified point on a particular road in the morning rush hour. Due to impending
roadworks it is estimated that congestion will occur closer to the city centre if
more than 5 cars pass the point in any one minute. What is the probability of
congestion occurring?

Q9 A council is considering whether to base a recovery vehicle on a stretch of road


to help clear incidents as quickly as possible. The road concerned carries over
5000 vehicles during the peak rush hour period. Records show that, on average,
the number of incidents during the morning rush hour is 5. The Council won’t
base a vehicle on the road if the probability of having more than 5 incidents
in any one morning is less than 30%. Based on this information should the
Council provide a vehicle?

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