Probability - practice problems
Probability is the measure of the likeliness that an event will occur. The probability (chance) is a value from the interval <0; 1> or in percentage (0% to 100%) expressing the occurrence of some event. 0 is an impossible event, and 1 (100%) means the certainty event. A collection of probability math word problems.Number of problems found: 479
- One ticket 2
In a lottery, 10000 tickets are sold and ten prizes are awarded. What is the probability of not getting a prize, if you buy one ticket? - 3 pens
3 pens are to be taken from a bunch of 100 pens.If 10 pens are defective, find probability of getting all good pens. - A random 2
A random sample of 40 families has an average water consumption of 29 cubic meters per month, with a sample standard deviation of 8 cubic meters. Give the 90% confidence interval for the mean usage of water per month. - Pair of dice
In a throw of a pair of dice, find the probability of the same number on each die.
- The well 3
When the health department tested private wells in a county for two impurities commonly found in drinking water, it found that 20% of the wells had neither impurity, 40% had impurity A, and 50% had impurity B. (Obviously, some had both impurities. ) If a - Fish service
According to a report by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the mean length of six-year-old rainbow trout in the Arolik River in Alaska = 484.6 millimeters with a standard deviation = 31.2 millimeters. Assume these lengths are normally distributed. What - The marbles
There are 10 red marbles, 6 green marbles, and 4 blue marbles in a box. What is the probability of picking the next red marble? - Two coins
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting (i) At least one head? (ii) At most one tail? (iii) A head and a tail? - Richard Richard is conducting an experiment. Every time he flips a fair two-sided coin, he also rolls a six-sided die. What is the probability that the coin will land on tails and the die will land on an even number?
- Locker combination
Todd forgot the first two numbers of his locker combination. The numbers can be any number 1 through 6. What is the probability that he will guess the first number correctly and the second number incorrectly? - A band
A band played an encore at 2 of its last 4 shows. Considering this data, how many of the band's next 14 shows would you expect to have an encore? - Drunken drivers
40% of drivers driving between 11 pm and 5 am are drunken drivers. In a random sample of 20 drivers driving between 11 pm and 5 am, find the probability that: A) Exactly 12 will be drunken drivers B) At least 7 will be drunken drivers C) At most 5 will be - A bag 6
A bag contains 3 red marbles, 8 blue marbles, and 5 green marbles. If two marbles are drawn out of the bag, what is the probability, to the nearest 1000th, that both marbles drawn will be blue? - The usage
The battery usage time installed in a particular smartphone has a Normal distribution with a mean of 25.2 hours and a standard deviation of 7.5 hours. What is the probability of usage time greater than 32?
- TF quiz Gomer has to take a 5 question true/false quiz, but he hasn't studied. He will guess at each problem. In how many different ways is it possible to answer the quiz questions? How likely is it that he will get a score of 100%?
- Defect rate
A manufacturing machine has a 3% defect rate. If 9 items are chosen randomly, what is the probability that at least one will have a defect? - Library and gym In a town, 7/8 of the population has a library card, and 3/4 has a gym membership. What fraction of the population has either a library card or a gym membership?
- A coin
Suppose you tossed a coin 12 times. The coin landed on heads 9 times and on tail 3 times. What is the probability of landing on tails? - And or logic
If A and B are events with P(A)=0.3, P(A OR B)=0.76, and P(A AND B)=0.04, find P(B). Enter your answer in decimal form, rounded to one place.
A basket contains 9 fruits, where 4 are oranges, and the rest are mangoes. Three fruits are taken out one at a time and put aside. Find the probability that 3 are oranges.Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
