BACS 2213 – Statistic and Probability

TUTORIAL 2: Probability
1. List the elements for each following sample spaces, :
a) The set of even numbers between 3 and 60 that divisible by 7
b) The set { }
c) The set { }

2. Reported by ESPN.com, some of Manchester United’s, players represent football

squad for their own countries such as Netherlands, and England, in World Cup
Qualifying 2014. Consider the events,
={ }
={ }
={ }

List the elements of the sets corresponding to the following events:

a)
b)
c)
d) ( )

3. A PC company in Malaysia sold new laptop model with 500 units to UTeM student,
300 units to engineers in Melaka and 400 units to public people. Estimate the
probability that a new unit, which has just been sold, has belongs to

a) Engineering worker in Flextronic, Melaka

b) A boy in FTMK with matric no B0131200075.

4. Among 150 person interviewed as part of Kula Lumpur mass transportation study,
some live more than 3 km from the center of the city ( ), some now regularly drive
their own car to work ( ) and some would gladly switch to public mass
transportation if it were available ( ). Use the information given in Figure 1 to find,

a) ( )
b) ( )
c) ( )
d) ( )
e) ( )

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20

A B
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8 9

14 27

C S

Figure 1

5. From Question number 4, suppose that the questionnaire filled in by one of the 150
persons is to be double-checked. If it is chosen in such way that each questionnaire
has a probability of of being selected, find the probabilities that the person

a) live more than 3 km from center of the KL city;

b) regularly drives his or her car to work;
c) does not live more than 3 km from KL city center and would not want to
switch to public mass transportation if it were available;
d) regularly drives his or her car to work but would gladly switch to public mass
transportation if it were available.

6. From Question number 4 and Figure 1, assume that each of 150 persons has the
same chance of being selected, and find the probabilities that he or she

a) live more than 3 km from center of the KL city given that he or she would
gladly switch to public mass transportation;
b) regularly drives his or her car to work given that he or she lives more than 3
km from the center of the KL city;
c) would not want to switch to public transport given that he or she does not
regularly drive his or her car to work.

7. Prove that ( ) ( ) implies that ( ) ( ) provided that ( )

and ( ) .
8. Among 60 automobile repair parts loaded on a truck in Shah Alam, 45 are destined
for Batu Pahat and 15 for Johor Bahru. If two of the parts are unloaded in Ayer Keroh
by mistake and the “selection” is random, what are the probabilities that

a) Both parts should have gone to Batu Pahat;

b) Both parts should have gone to Johor Bahru;
c) One should have gone to Batu Pahat and one to Johor Bahru?

9. If ( ) ( ) and ( ) are A and B independent?

10. Two firm, V and W consider bidding on a road building job in PLUS highway, which
may or may not be awarded depending on the amounts of the bids. Firm V submits a
bid and the probability is that it will get the job provided firm W does not bid. The
probability is that W will bid, and if it does, the probability that V will get the job is
only .

a) What is the probability that V will get the job?

b) If V gets the job, what is the probability that W did not bid?

(a) . + . = + =

(b) . + . = + =