Probability semiconductor problem

[brad sue]

Homework Statement

The following is a random experiment.
A wafer from a semiconductor manufacturing is to be selected randomly and a location on the wafer inspected for contamination particles. The sample space for the number of contamination particles at the inspected location is S= {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}.

Relative frequencies for these outcomes are 0.4, 0.2, 0.15, 0.10, 0.05 and 0.10 respectively.
Use relative as probabilities.
Let A be the event that there are no contamination particles at the inspected location.
Let B be the event that there are at most three contamination particles at the inspected location.
Let C be the event that there are an odd number of contamination particles at the inspected location.
1- How many events are possible?
2- Find the probability of the following:
-Complement (A )
-B (intersction) C

Homework Equations

Relative probability= n/N
n- number of specific events occured.
N- total number of posiible events

The Attempt at a Solution

for the number of events:
I did 2^3=8 possible event but really I have no confindence in my answer
For question 2 , I don't get it. I have formula but does nos help me much.

Can I have some help from an expert please?

 

[sphoenixee]

I'm not an expert, but I thought your problem was interesting and had some free time, so I tried it. here's what I got.
#1-----------------------
Each location is either contaminated or not and there are 6, so 2^6=64
#2------------------------
No contamination particles=0.6*.8*.85*.9*.95*.9
This is just the product of the complements of the probabilities.
Complement (A ) is just 1-0.6*.8*.85*.9*.95*.9

Intersection B and C=This is the sum of probabilities 1 contamination particle+3 contamination particles

First, let pro=0.6*.8*.85*.9*.95*.9 and sum=4/6+2/8+15/85+1/9+5/95+1/9 and sumsq=(4/6)^2+(2/8)^2... +(1/9)^2 and sumcu=(4/6)^3+(2/8)^3...+(1/9)^3

Probability of 1 contamination particle is:
pro*sum

Probability of 3 is a bit trickier:
pro/6*[sum^3-3*sum*sum^2+2*sum^3].

The /6 is to account for permutations. The -3*sum*sum^2 is to get rid of things such as 4/6*4/6*4/6 and 4/6*4/6*1/9, since one part cannot be contaminated twice. The +2sum^3 is because -3*sum*sum^2 over-subtracts the perfect cubes.

Thus, B intersection C =pro*sum+pro/6*[sum^3-3*sum*sum^2+2*sum^3].

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I haven't done combinatorics for a while, so check my answer before you take my word for it...

sphoenixee

 

[brad sue]

Thank you sphoenixee,
It is a little bit tricky but I get the idea.
brad