Probability of an Event

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Probability of an Event: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Probability, Classic Definition of Probability and Elementary Properties of Probability.

Important Questions on Probability of an Event

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A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tails?

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Study the following information to answer the questions given below. In a box there are 4 blue, 4 red, 4 white and 4 black balls. Four balls are picked up randomly, what is the probability of the following event to occur not even one out of the four is white_____?

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There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and second prize. What is the probability of a man drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?

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Numbers 1 to 10are written on ten separates slips (one number on one slip ), kept in a box, and mixed well. One slip is chosen from the box without looking into it. Answer the following questions.

What is the probability of getting a number greater than 6?

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The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket to function correctly is 0.92. The reliability of the first stage is 0.97. What is the reliability of the second stage?

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Numbers 1 to 10are written on ten separates slips (one number on one slip ), kept in a box and mixed well. One slip is chosen from the box without looking into it. Answer the following questions.

What is the probability of getting an even number?

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Study the information carefully to answer the following questions.
An urn contains 5 red, 3 green, 2 blue and 4 yellow marbles.
If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is yellow?

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A bag contains three white and five black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?

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Study the given information and answer the following question --
An urn contains 4 Green, 3 Red and 5 Blue balls.
What is the probability that at least one is Blue, if 4 balls are picked at random ?

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Study the following information to answer the questions given below.

In a box there are 4 Blue, 4 Red, 4 White and 4 Black balls. Four balls are picked up randomly, what is the probability of the following event to occur?

If at least one red ball is picked up randomly.

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Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of two numbers is 11?

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Numbers 1to 10are written on ten separates slips (one number on one slip ), kept in a box, and mixed well. One slip is chosen from the box without looking into it .  Answer the following questions.

What is the probability of getting a 1-digit number ?

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A bag contains three white and five red balls. If two balls are drawn at random, find the probability that both are white.

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A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?

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Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?

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Numbers 1 to 10 are written on ten separates slips (one number on one slip), kept in a box, and mixed well. One slip is chosen from the box without looking into it. Answer the following questions.

What is the probability of getting a number less than 6?

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Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will appear on each of them is

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Two events A and B have probabilities 0.25 and 0.50 respectively. The probability that both A and B occur simultaneously is 0.14. Then the probability that neither A nor B occurs is:

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If the integers m & n are chosen at random from 1 to 100, then the probability that a number of the form 7m+7n is divisible by 5 equals:

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Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with three vertices is equilateral, equals