Engineering
Mathematics
Conditional Probability
Question

A die is thrown find the probability of following events:
(i) A prime number will appear
(ii) A number greater than or equal to 3 will appear
(iii) A number less than or equal to one will appear
(iv) A number more than 6 will appear
(v) A number less than 6 will appear

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The sample space of the given experiment is given by, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
(i) Let A be the event of the occurrence of a prime number ⇒ A = {2, 3, 5}
 P(A)= Number of outcomes favourable to A Total number of possible outcomes =n(A)n(S)=36=12
(ii) Let B be the event of the occurrence of a number greater than or equal to 3 ⇒ B = {3, 4, 5, 6}
P(B)= Number of outcomes favourableto B Total number of possible outcomes =n(B)n(S)=46=23
(iii) Let C be the event of the occurrence of a number less than or equal to one ⇒ C = {1}
 P(C)= Number of outcomes favourable to C Total number of possible outcomes =n(C)n(S)=16
(iv) Let D be the event of the occurrence of a number greater than 6 ⇒ D = ϕ
P(D)= Number of outcomes favourableto D Total number of possible outcomes =n(D)n(S)=06=0
 (v) Let E be the event of the occurrence of a number less than 6 ⇒ E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
P(E)= Number of outcomes favourable to E Total number of possible outcomes =n(E)n(S)=56

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