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Question 13 Marks
Two coins are tossed simultaneously 500 times with the following frequencies of different outcomes:
Two heads: 95 times
One heads: 290 times
No heads: 115 times
Find the probability of occurrence of each of these events.
Answer
Probability (E) $=\frac{\text{Number of trialsin which events happen}}{\text{Total no. of trials}}$
P(getting two heads) $=\frac{95}{500}=0.19$
P(getting one tail) $=\frac{290}{500}=0.58$
P(getting no head) $=\frac{115}{500}=0.23$
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Question 23 Marks
To know the opinion of the students about Mathematics, a survey of 200 students was conducted. The data is recorded in the following table:
Opinion
Like
Dislike
Number of students
135
65
Find the probability that a student chosen at random:
  1. Likes Mathematics
  2. Does not like it.
Answer
  1. Probability that a student likes mathematics
$=\frac{\text{Favorable out come}}{\text{Total out come}}$

$=\frac{135}{200}$

$=0.675$
  1. Probability that a student does not like mathematics
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$=\frac{\text{Favorable out come}}{\text{Total out come}}$

$=\frac{65}{200}$

$=0.325$
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Question 33 Marks
The percentage of marks obtained by a student in the monthly unit tests are given below:
Unit Test
I
II
III
IV
V
Percentage of Mark Obtained
69
71
73
68
76
Find the probability that the student gets:
  1. More than 70% marks.
  2. Less than 70% marks.
  3. A distinction
Answer
  1. Let E be the event of getting more than 70% marks.
No of times E happens = 3

Probability(getting more than 70%)

$=\frac{\text{Number of times student got more than 70}}{\text{Total no. of exams taken}}$

$=\frac{3}{5}=0.6$
  1. Let F be the event of getting less than 70% marks
No of times F happen = 2

Probability(getting more than 70%)

$=\frac{\text{Number of times student got more than 70}}{\text{Total no. of exams taken}}$

$=\frac{2}{5}=0.4$
  1. Let G be the event of getting distinction
No of times G happen = 1

Probability(getting distinction)

$=\frac{\text{Number of times student got distinction}}{\text{Total no. of exams taken}}$

$=\frac{1}{5}=0.2$
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Question 43 Marks
Eleven bags of wheat flour, each marked 5kg, actually contained the following weights of flour (in Kg).
4.97
5.05
5.08
5.03
5
5.06
5.08
4.98
5.04
5.07
5
Find the probability that any of these bags chosen at random contains more than 5kg of flour.
Answer
Number of bags weighting more than 5kg = 7 Total no of bags = 11 Probability of having more than 10kg of rice $=\frac{\text{No. of bages weighting more than 5kg}}{\text{Total no. of bages}}$
$=\frac{7}{11}=0.63$
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Question 53 Marks
A coin is tossed 1000 times with the following frequencies:
Head: 455, Tail = 545.
Compute the probability of each event.
Answer
It is given that the coin is tossed 1000 times. The number of trials is 1000. Let us denote the event of getting head and of getting tails be E and F respectively. Then, Number of trials in which the E happens = 455 So, Probability of E $=\frac{\text{Number of even theads}}{\text{Total no. of trials}}$$\text{i.e}.\text{P(E)}=\frac{455}{1000}=0.455$
Similarity, the probability of the event getting a tail $=\frac{\text{Number of tails}}{\text{Total no. of trials}}$$\text{i.e.}\text{P(F)}=\frac{545}{1000}=0.545$
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