Types of Events

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Types of Events: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Types of Events in Probability, Simple Event, Compound Event, Algebra of Events, Complement of an Event, Equally Likely Events and Exhaustive System of Events.

Important Questions on Types of Events

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For two given events A and B,P(AB) is:

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A problem in calculus is given to two students A and B, whose chances of solving it are 13 and 14 respectively. If the probability of the problem being solved, if both of them try independently is mn, then m+n=

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An electronic assembly consists of two sub system, say, A and B. When P(A fails) = 0.2P(B fails alone) =0.15P(A and B fail) =0.15. Evaluate P(A fails alone).

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A is a set containing 10 elements. A subset P of A is chosen at random and the set A is reconstructed by replacing the elements of P.Another subset Q of A is now chosen at random. Then the probability that if :

P Q = A is

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Three coins are tossed once. Let A denote the event ‘three heads show”, B denote the event “two heads and one tail show”, C denote the event” three tails show and D denote the event ‘a head shows on the first coin”. Which events are simple?

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Two die are thrown simultaneously. The probability of obtaining a total score of 5 is

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If A, B & C  are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a random experiment such that PB=32PA and PC=12PB, then PAC equals to

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A and B are to throw 2 dice. If A throws a sum of 9 points, then B's chance of throwing a higher sum is

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Let F denote the set of all onto functions from A=a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 to B=x,y,z. A function f is chosen at random from F. The probability that f-1x consists of exactly two elements is

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In a college of 300 students, every student reads 5 newspapers and every newspaper is read by 60 students. The number of newspapers is

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For n independent events i=1, 2,...,n. All events are equally likely to occur. The probability that one of the events occurs is

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Three coins are tossed together, then the probability of getting at least one head is

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The probability that a number n chosen at random from 1 to 30, to satisfy  (n+50/ n)>27 is