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The document presents a series of probability problems involving card draws, dice rolls, urns, letter arrangements, coin tosses, birthday paradoxes, defective items, lottery tickets, marbles, and committee selections. Each problem is solved step-by-step, providing calculations for total outcomes, favorable outcomes, and resulting probabilities. The document concludes with the solutions to all problems, highlighting key probabilities such as drawing all Kings, rolling prime sums, and selecting committee members.

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The document presents a series of probability problems involving card draws, dice rolls, urns, letter arrangements, coin tosses, birthday paradoxes, defective items, lottery tickets, marbles, and committee selections. Each problem is solved step-by-step, providing calculations for total outcomes, favorable outcomes, and resulting probabilities. The document concludes with the solutions to all problems, highlighting key probabilities such as drawing all Kings, rolling prime sums, and selecting committee members.

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Let's go through each problem step by step.

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### 1. **Three cards drawn are Kings**

We have a deck of 52 cards, with 4 Kings. We want to find the probability that all three cards drawn
are Kings.

- Total ways to draw 3 cards: \( \binom{52}{3} \)

- Ways to draw 3 Kings: \( \binom{4}{3} = 4 \)

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{all Kings}) = \frac{\binom{4}{3}}{\binom{52}{3}} = \frac{4}{\frac{52 \times 51 \times 50}{3 \


times 2 \times 1}} = \frac{4}{22100} \approx 0.000181

\]

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### 2. **Two dice rolled, sum is prime**

Possible sums when rolling two dice are 2 through 12. The prime numbers between 2 and 12 are 2, 3,
5, 7, and 11.

Now, we calculate the number of outcomes for each prime sum:

- Sum 2: 1 way (1+1)

- Sum 3: 2 ways (1+2, 2+1)

- Sum 5: 4 ways (1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1)

- Sum 7: 6 ways (1+6, 2+5, 3+4, 4+3, 5+2, 6+1)

- Sum 11: 2 ways (5+6, 6+5)

Total favorable outcomes: \( 1 + 2 + 4 + 6 + 2 = 15 \)


Total possible outcomes when rolling two dice: \( 6 \times 6 = 36 \)

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{prime sum}) = \frac{15}{36} = \frac{5}{12} \approx 0.4167

\]

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### 3. **Urn with 5 red, 4 blue, 6 green balls**

We draw 3 balls randomly.

#### (a) Probability that all three balls are of the same color:

- Total balls = \( 5 + 4 + 6 = 15 \)

- Total ways to choose 3 balls: \( \binom{15}{3} = \frac{15 \times 14 \times 13}{3 \times 2 \times 1} =
455 \)

Now, calculate the ways to pick 3 balls of the same color:

- Red balls: \( \binom{5}{3} = 10 \)

- Blue balls: \( \binom{4}{3} = 4 \)

- Green balls: \( \binom{6}{3} = 20 \)

Total favorable outcomes: \( 10 + 4 + 20 = 34 \)

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{same color}) = \frac{34}{455} \approx 0.0747

\]

#### (b) Probability that at least one red ball is drawn:

To find the probability of at least one red ball, we use the complement rule:
\[

P(\text{at least one red}) = 1 - P(\text{no red balls})

\]

First, calculate the probability of drawing 3 non-red balls (i.e., from 9 non-red balls):

\[

P(\text{no red balls}) = \frac{\binom{9}{3}}{\binom{15}{3}} = \frac{84}{455} \approx 0.1846

\]

Thus:

\[

P(\text{at least one red}) = 1 - 0.1846 = 0.8154

\]

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### 4. **Probability that "STATISTICS" starts and ends with 'S'**

The word "STATISTICS" has 10 letters, with the following counts of each letter:

- S: 3

- T: 3

- A: 1

- I: 2

- C: 1

We want the word to start and end with 'S'. For the remaining 8 positions, we can arrange the
remaining letters (T, A, I, C, T, I, T, S) in the other 8 spots.

The total number of ways to arrange the 10 letters:

\[

\frac{10!}{3!3!2!1!1!} = \frac{10!}{3!3!2!} = 50400

\]
Now, for the number of favorable outcomes where the word starts and ends with 'S':

- Fix the 'S' at the start and end, leaving us with 8 positions to arrange the remaining 8 letters.

\[

\frac{8!}{3!2!1!1!} = \frac{8!}{3!2!} = 6720

\]

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{starts and ends with S}) = \frac{6720}{50400} = \frac{1}{7} \approx 0.1429

\]

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### 5. **Probability of getting exactly 3 heads, given that at least 2 heads are obtained**

Total outcomes when tossing 5 fair coins: \( 2^5 = 32 \).

Favorable outcomes for getting at least 2 heads: the outcomes for 2, 3, 4, and 5 heads.

- Outcomes for exactly 2 heads: \( \binom{5}{2} = 10 \)

- Outcomes for exactly 3 heads: \( \binom{5}{3} = 10 \)

- Outcomes for exactly 4 heads: \( \binom{5}{4} = 5 \)

- Outcomes for exactly 5 heads: \( \binom{5}{5} = 1 \)

So, the total favorable outcomes for at least 2 heads: \( 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 = 26 \)

Now, calculate the conditional probability of exactly 3 heads, given that at least 2 heads are
obtained:

\[

P(\text{exactly 3 heads} | \text{at least 2 heads}) = \frac{10}{26} = \frac{5}{13} \approx 0.3846

\]
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### 6. **Probability that at least two people have the same birthday (Birthday Paradox)**

The total possible birthday combinations for 25 people is \( 365^{25} \).

Now, we calculate the probability that no two people share a birthday:

\[

P(\text{no shared birthday}) = \frac{365}{365} \times \frac{364}{365} \times \cdots \times \frac{341}
{365}

\]

The probability that at least two people share a birthday is the complement:

\[

P(\text{at least one shared birthday}) = 1 - P(\text{no shared birthday})

\]

This probability is approximately \( 0.5687 \).

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### 7. **Box with 10 items, 3 defective, 4 items selected**

#### (a) Probability of exactly 2 defective items:

Total ways to select 4 items from 10: \( \binom{10}{4} = 210 \)

Ways to choose 2 defective and 2 non-defective items:

- \( \binom{3}{2} = 3 \) ways to choose 2 defective items

- \( \binom{7}{2} = 21 \) ways to choose 2 non-defective items

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{exactly 2 defective}) = \frac{3 \times 21}{210} = \frac{63}{210} = \frac{3}{10} = 0.3

\]
#### (b) Probability that at least 1 defective item is selected:

To find this, we use the complement:

\[

P(\text{at least 1 defective}) = 1 - P(\text{no defective items})

\]

The probability of selecting 4 non-defective items:

\[

P(\text{no defective items}) = \frac{\binom{7}{4}}{\binom{10}{4}} = \frac{35}{210} = \frac{1}{6}

\]

Thus:

\[

P(\text{at least 1 defective}) = 1 - \frac{1}{6} = \frac{5}{6} \approx 0.8333

\]

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### 8. **Lottery with 100 tickets, 5 drawn, at least one divisible by 10**

The total number of ways to select 5 tickets from 100: \( \binom{100}{5} \).

Now, count the tickets divisible by 10: There are 10 tickets divisible by 10 (10, 20, ..., 100).

We need to find the probability that at least one of the 5 tickets has a number divisible by 10, using
the complement:

\[

P(\text{at least one divisible by 10}) = 1 - P(\text{no divisible by 10})

\]

Calculate the number of ways to choose 5 tickets from the 90 that are not divisible by 10, and
subtract from 1:

\[

P(\text{no divisible by 10}) = \frac{\binom{90}{5}}{\binom{100}{5}}


\]

---

### 9. **Jar with 8 red, 6 blue, and 4 yellow marbles**

#### (a) Probability that both marbles are red:

Total marbles: \( 8 + 6 + 4 = 18 \).

Ways to choose 2 red marbles: \( \binom{8}{2} = 28 \).

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{both red}) = \frac{28}{\binom{18}{2}} = \frac{28}{153} \approx 0.183

\]

#### (b) If the first marble is red, the probability the second is red:

After drawing the first red marble, there are 7 red marbles left, and 17 marbles total:

\[

P(\text{second red | first red}) = \frac{7}{17} \approx 0.4118

\]

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### 10. **Committee of 4 from 5 men and 6 women**

#### (a) Probability of exactly 2 men and 2 women:

Ways to choose 2 men from 5: \( \binom{5}{2} = 10 \)

Ways to choose 2 women from 6: \( \binom{6}{2} = 15 \)

Total favorable outcomes: \( 10 \times 15 = 150 \)


The total number of ways to choose 4 committee members from 11 people is \( \binom{11}{4} =
330 \).

The probability is:

\[

P(\text{2 men, 2 women}) = \frac{150}{330} = \frac{15}{33} \approx 0.4545

\]

#### (b) Probability of at least one woman:

To find the probability of at least one woman, use the complement:

\[

P(\text{at least one woman}) = 1 - P(\text{no women})

\]

If there are no women, all 4 members must be men. The number of ways to choose 4 men from 5 is \
( \binom{5}{4} = 5 \).

Thus:

\[

P(\text{no women}) = \frac{5}{330} = \frac{1}{66}

\]

Finally:

\[

P(\text{at least one woman}) = 1 - \frac{1}{66} = \frac{65}{66} \approx 0.9848

\]

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These are the solutions to each problem.

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