Probability Question

1. Aug 6, 2011

mehtamonica

1. There are 5 red chips and 3 blue chips in a bowl. The red chips are numbered 1,2,3,4,5 resp and the blue chips are numbered 1,2,3 resp. If 2 chips are to be drawn at random and without replacement, find the prob that these chips have either the same number or the same color.

2. In a lot of 50 light bulbs, there are 2 bad bulbs. An inspector examines 5 bulbs, which are selected at random and without replacement.

a) Find the prob of atleat one defective bulb among the 5.
b) How many bulbs should be examined so that the probability of finding atleat 1 bad bulb exceeds 1/2?

2. Aug 6, 2011

pongo38

On this forum,you have to show some initial effort before getting help. Try listing all the possible outcomes.

3. Aug 6, 2011

mehtamonica

For the first question I took 3 possible cases i) both the chips are red (ii) both the chips are blue (iii) when the no. on both the chips are the same. I added the three probabilities and got the final answer to be 4/7. I just wanted to make sure that my answer was correct.

As for the second question, the first part was simple and got the answer as 1-48C5/50C5. But the second part I was unable to solve.

4. Aug 6, 2011

FourierFaux

Things to ask yourself for the first question:

a) What is the probability of getting the combination red-red?
b) What is the probability of getting the combination blue-blue?
c) Are these probabilities additive in nature?
This tells you the probability of getting the same color. (Note: your answer to this is incorrect if you added the probability of not getting the combinations)

d) What is the probability of getting 1-1?
e) What is the probability of getting 2-2?
f) What is the probability of getting 3-3?
This tells you the probability of getting the same number. Tie it all together (Yes it's additive).

Second problem:

Part A]
a) What is the probability of getting the combination b-b-g-g-g, and all it's permutations?
b) What is the probability of getting the combination b-g-g-g-g, and all it's permutations?

Part B]
Exceeds 1/2? Not "just barely exceeds" 1/2. Then your answer can be 50. ;)

On a serious aside, read this: http://www.mathwords.com/b/binomial_probability_formula.htm

Find how the formula was derived. You probably have it in your probability textbook too. :) :)

Probability theory is all about taking your problem and breaking it into a laundry list of smaller easier problems.