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The document is an assignment for a Probability and Statistics course at Govt Superior Science College, Peshawar, for the 1st semester of 2025. It includes various probability questions related to balls, eggs, and cards, requiring calculations of probabilities for different scenarios. The assignment covers concepts such as conditional probability, combinations, and the likelihood of selecting specific items from groups.

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Statistics Assignment 1

The document is an assignment for a Probability and Statistics course at Govt Superior Science College, Peshawar, for the 1st semester of 2025. It includes various probability questions related to balls, eggs, and cards, requiring calculations of probabilities for different scenarios. The assignment covers concepts such as conditional probability, combinations, and the likelihood of selecting specific items from groups.

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GOVT SUPERIOR SCIENCE COLLEGE, PESHAWAR

1st SEMESTER 2025

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

ASSIGNMENT 1

Question 1

Six white balls and four black balls, which are indistinguishable apart from color, are placed in a bag. If
six balls are taken from the bag, find the probability of their being three white and three white and three
black.

Question 2

Four items are taken at random from a box of 12 items and inspected. The box is rejected if more than 1
item is found to be faulty. If there are 3 faulty items in the box, find the probability that the box is
accepted.

Question 3

Part (a)

If 12 eggs in a refrigerator, 2 are bad. From these, 4 eggs are chosen at random to make a cake. What
are the probabilities that: (1) exactly one is bad? (2) at least one is bad?

Part (b)

A certain carton of eggs has 3 bad eggs and 9 good eggs. An omelette is made of 3 eggs randomly
chosen from the carton. What is the probability that there are: (1) no bad egg? (2) at least one bad egg?
(3) exactly 2 bad eggs in the omelette?

Question 4

Part (a)

If 12 eggs in a refrigerator, 2 are bad. From these, 4 eggs are chosen at random to make a cake. What
are the probabilities that: (1) exactly one is good? (2) at least one is good?

Part (b)

A certain carton of eggs has 3 bad eggs and 9 good eggs. An omelette is made of 3 eggs randomly
chosen from the carton. What is the probability that there are: (1) no good egg? (2) at least one good
egg? (3) exactly 2 good eggs in the omelette?
Question 5

Part (a)

From a pack of 52 cards, two are drawn at random, find the probability that one is king and the other is
queen.

Part (b)

A set of Eight cards contains a joker. A and B are two players and A chooses 5 cards at random, B taking
the remaining 3 cards. What is the probability that A has the joker?

Question 6

What is the probability that a randomly selected poker hand, contains exactly 3 aces, given that it
contains at least 2 aces?

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