Sunday, July 26, 2020

Probability Part 2 - Practice Problems and Answers (#16)

Problems:

Compute the probability of drawing a King from a deck of cards and then drawing a Queen.

A jar contains 4 red marbles numbered 1 to 4 and 10 blue marbles numbered 1 to 10.  A marble is drawn at random from the jar.  Find the probability the marble is blue or even-numbered.

A jar contains 4 red marbles numbered 1 to 4 and 8 blue marbles numbered 1 to 8.  A marble is drawn at random from the jar.  Find the probability the marble is

a.  Odd-numbered given that the marble is blue

b.  Blue given that the marble is odd-numbered

A certain disease has an incidence rate of 0.3%.  If the false negative rate is 6% and the false positive rate is 4%, compute the probability that a person who tests positive actually has the disease.

Answers:



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