ETC 8: Probability and Statistics
1. Determine the probability of drawing either a king or a
diamond in a single draw from a pack of 52 playing cards.
ANSWER: 4/13
2. If 3 percent of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company
are defective, find the probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs,
5 will be defective.
ANSWER: 0.191
3. Find the area under the normal curve to the right of z = 1.26.
ANSWER: 0.1038
For Items 4-6: A function is normally distributed with mean value of
8 and standard deviation of 2.
4. What is the probability that the function will be greater than 5?
ANSWER: 0.9532
5. What is the probability that the function will be greater than
10?
ANSWER: 0.1587
6. What is the probability that the function will have a value less
than 3?
ANSWER: 0.0062
7. What is the probability that a waitress will refuse to serve
alcoholic beverages to only 2 minors if she randomly checks the
IDs of 5 students from among 9 students of which 4 are not of
legal age?
ANSWER: 10/21
8. In how many different ways can a true-false test consisting of 9
questions be answered?
ANSWER: 512
9. A certain device has a mean life value of 10 hours and has a
standard deviation of 5. What is the probability that it will last
more than 17 hours?
ANSWER: 0.081
10. The probability of a basketball player to shoot a free-throw is
0.65. What is the probability of missing one for two free
throws?
ANSWER: 0.455
11. The probabilities are 0.2, 0.4, 0.3, respectively that a delegate
to an IIEE convention arrived by air, bus, or automobile. What
is the probability that among 8 delegates randomly selected, 3
arrived by air, 3 arrived by bus and 2 arrived by automobile?
ANSWER: 0.0258
12. There are 20 machines in a large plant. The machines operate
independently of one another; breakdowns occur at random.
The probability of a breakdown for each machine in one day’s
operation is 0.10. Find the probability that exactly four
breakdowns occur in one day.
ANSWER: 0.090
13. Find the area under the normal curve to the left of z = 1.43.
ANSWER: 0.9236
14. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In
how many ways can the company choose from 9 men and 6
women who qualified for the position?
ANSWER: 540
15. A meeting was called in the EE Department. Eight faculty
members attended the meeting which has held in a conference
room with a round table surrounded by eight chairs. In how
many ways can the faculty members be seated around the
table?
ANSWER: 5,040
For Items 16-18: In a certain barangay, 80% of the population have
cellphone. Two people from the barangay were selected at random.
16. Find the probability that the two have cellphones.
ANSWER: 0.64
17. Find the probability that one has cellphone and the other has
none.
ANSWER: 0.32
18. Find the probability that the two have no cellphones.
ANSWER: 0.04
19. How many permutations can be made out of the letters of the
word ENGINEERING?
ANSWER: 277,200
20. Matt invites 10 of his friends to his birthday celebration. What
is the probability that only 5 friends will come?
ANSWER: 63/256
21. Nine points, no three of which are collinear, are marked on the
black board. How many triangles are determined by the points?
ANSWER: 84
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22. In a departmental exam in Statistics given to 200 students, the
mean score was 78 with a standard deviation of 8. If the scores
were approximately normally distributed, how many students
scored below 80?
ANSWER: 120
23. A restaurant chef prepares a tossed salad containing 5
vegetables on average. Find the probability that the salad
contains exactly 3 vegetables?
ANSWER: 0.1404
24. A secretary makes an average of 2 errors per page. What is the
probability that the secretary will make less than 3 errors?
ANSWER: 0.6767
25. Lupin III is a fool with a probability of 0.6, a thief with
probability of 0.7, and both with probability of 0.25. What is the
probability that he is a thief when it is known that he is a fool?
ANSWER: 0.42
26. A bag contains 3 white balls and 5 red balls. If two balls are
drawn at random, find the probability that both are white?
ANSWER: 3/28
27. 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 probability of the second stage?
ANSWER: 0.948
For Items 28-29: Suppose that in a senior college class of 500
students, it is found that 210 smoke, 258 drink alcoholic beverages,
216 eat between meals, 122 smoke and drink alcoholic beverages,
83 eat between meals and drink alcoholic beverages, 97 smoke and
eat between meals, and 52 engage in all three bad health practices.
If one member of this group is selected at random,
28. Find the probability that the student smokes but does not drink
alcoholic beverages.
ANSWER: 0.176
29. Find the probability that the student eats between meals and
drink alcoholic beverages but does not smoke.
ANSWER: 0.448
30. Five dice are rolled. How many possible outcomes are there?
ANSWER: 7,776
31. A group of musicians is composed of three drummers, four
pianists, and five guitarists. How many ways can a trio be
formed with 1 pianist, 1 drummer and 1 guitarist?
ANSWER: 60
32. A ten pack of batteries has 2 defective batteries. In how many
ways can one select 3 of these batteries and get one of the
defective batteries?
ANSWER: 56
33. A contractor has 4 styles of homes, each with 3 styles of
carports, 4 styles of decks, and 5 styles of roofing. How many
possibilities are there?
ANSWER: 240
34. According to the theory of genetics, a certain cross of guinea
pigs will result in red, black and white offspring in the ratio of
8:4:4. Find the probability that among 8 such offspring 5 will
be red, 2 black and 1 white.
ANSWER: 0.0820
35. In how many ways can a bear catch half of a school of 10 fish?
ANSWER: 252
36. One prominent physician claims that 70% of those with lung
cancer are chain smokers. If his assertion is correct, find the
probability of 10 such patients recently admitted to a hospital,
fewer than 2 are chain smokers.
ANSWER: 0.00014
37. In a survey among 32 students about the size of their memory
cards, 16 students said that they have 8 GB, 10 students said
that they have 16 GB, and of these 7 students said that they
have both. How many students did not have either 8 GB or 16
GB?
ANSWER: 13
38. In a dice game, one fair die is used. The player wins P20.00 if he
rolls either 1 or 6. He losses P10.00 if he turns up any other
face. What is the expected winning for one roll of the die?
ANSWER: P0.00
39. A card is chosen from a pack of plain cards. What is the
probability that it is either a red or a picture card?
ANSWER: 19/26
40. Find the area under the normal curve from z = –1 to z = 1.25.
ANSWER: 0.7357