1. Classify each of the following random variables as
You draw
either continuous or discrete:
a. The survival time of a cancer patient after
receiving a new treatment for cancer
b. The number of ticks found on a cow entering an
inspection station
c. The average rainfall during August in PAG-ASA
station
d. The daily dose level of medication prescribed to
a patient having an iron deficiency
e. The number of goals made during a soccer game
2. Three events are shown on the Venn diagram in the
following figure:
Reproduce the figure and shade the region that
corresponds to each of the following events.
a. A’
b. (A∩B) U C
c. (A∩B)’ U C
d. (A∩B)
e. (B∩C)’
3. A digital scale is used that provides weights to the
nearest gram.
a. What is the sample space for this experiment?
Let A denote the event that a weight exceeds 11
grams, let B denote the event that a weight is less than or
equal to 15 grams, and let C denote the event that a weight
is greater than or equal to 8 grams and less than 12 grams.
Describe the following events.
b. A U B
c. A’
d. A∩B
e. (AUC)’
f. B’∩ C
g. A U (B∩C)
4. If S = {x/100 x 112}, M = {x/101<x<109}, and N =
{x/100<x<105}, find
a. MUN
b. M∩N
c. M’∩ N’
5. A sample space contains 20 equally likely outcomes.
If the probability of event A is 0.3, how many
outcomes are in event A?
6. An automobile license plate consists of 3 letters
followed by 4 digits. How many different plates can
be made?
a. If repetitions are allowed?
b. If repetitions are not allowed?
c. If repetitions are allowed in the letters but not in
the digits?
7. There is a deck if eight cards numbered 1-8.
3 cards from this deck without replacement and lay
them down on a table from left to right in the order
they are drawn. How many possible outcomes are
there?
8. A message can follow different paths through servers
on a network. The sender’s message can go to one of
five servers for the first step; each of them can send
to five servers at the second step; each of those can
send to four servers at the third step; and then the
message goes to the recipient’s server.
a. How many paths are possible?
b. If all paths are equally likely, what is the
probability that a message passes through the first
of four servers at the third step?
9. If A, B, and C are mutually exclusive events, is it
possible for P(A) 0.3, P(B) 0.4, and P(C) 0.5? Why or
why not?
10. Suppose an engineering examination has 25 true-or-
false questions and a passing grade is obtained with
17 or more correct answers. A student answers the 25
questions by flipping a fair coin and answering true if
the coin shows a head and false if it shows a tail. What
us the chance the students will pass the exam?
11. A die and a coin are tossed. Let event A be observing
an even number and event B be obtaining a head. Are
the two events independent? Support your answer.
12. A batch of 500 containers for frozen orange juice
contains five that are defective. Two are selected, at
random, without replacement, from the batch. Let A
and B denote the events that the first and second
containers selected are defective, respectively.
a. Are A and B independent events?
b. If the sampling were done with replacement,
would A and B be independent?
13. The analysis of shafts for a compressor is summarized
by conformance to specifications:
a. If we know that a shaft conforms to roundness
requirements, what is the probability that it
conforms to surface finish requirements?
b. If we know that a shaft does not conform to
roundness requirements, what is the probability
that it conforms to surface finish requirements?
14. A lot of 100 semiconductor chips contains 20 that are
defective.
a. Two are selected, at random, without
replacement, from the lot. Determine the
probability that the second chip selected is
defective.
 b. Three are selected, at random, without
replacement, from the lot. Determine the
probability that all are defective.
15. A Manufacturer makes three models of a television
set, models A, B and C. A store sells 40% of a model
A sets, 40% of a model B sets, and 20% of model C
sets. Of model A sets, 3 % have stereo sound; of
model B sets, 7 % have stereo sound; and of model C
sets, 9% have stereo sound. If a set is sold at random,
find the probability that it has stereo sound.