Probability Using Set/Event Algebra

The question requires applying probability axioms, complement rules, inclusion-exclusion, mutual exclusivity, or independence relationships between named events to find an unknown probability.

csat-suneung 2006 Q4 3 marks View
For two events $A$ and $B$ in the sample space $S$, if they are mutually exclusive events, $A \cup B = S$, and $\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( B )$, what is the value of $\mathrm { P } ( A )$? [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(3) $\frac { 2 } { 5 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(5) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
csat-suneung 2010 Q5 3 marks View
Two events $A$ and $B$ are mutually exclusive, and $$\mathrm { P } ( A ) = \mathrm { P } ( B ) , \quad \mathrm { P } ( A ) \mathrm { P } ( B ) = \frac { 1 } { 9 }$$ What is the value of $\mathrm { P } ( A \cup B )$? [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(4) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(5) $\frac { 5 } { 6 }$
csat-suneung 2011 Q7 3 marks View
A student named Chulsu participated in a design competition. Participants receive scores in two categories, and the possible scores in each category are one of three types shown in the table. The probability that Chulsu receives score A in each category is $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$, the probability of receiving score B is $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$, and the probability of receiving score C is $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$. When the event of receiving audience voting scores and the event of receiving judge scores are mutually independent, what is the probability that the sum of the two scores Chulsu receives is 70? [3 points]
CategoryScore AScore BScore C
Audience Voting403020
Judges504030

(1) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 11 } { 36 }$
(3) $\frac { 5 } { 18 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(5) $\frac { 2 } { 9 }$
csat-suneung 2011 Q7 3 marks View
Chulsu participated in a certain design competition. Participants receive scores in two categories, and the possible scores in each category are one of three types shown in the table. The probability that Chulsu receives score A in each category is $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$, the probability of receiving score B is $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$, and the probability of receiving score C is $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$. When the event of receiving an audience vote score and the event of receiving a judge score are independent, what is the probability that the sum of the two scores Chulsu receives is 70? [3 points]
CategoryScore AScore BScore C
Audience Vote403020
Judge504030

(1) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 11 } { 36 }$
(3) $\frac { 5 } { 18 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(5) $\frac { 2 } { 9 }$
csat-suneung 2015 Q8 3 marks View
For two events $A , B$, $A ^ { C }$ and $B$ are mutually exclusive events, and $$\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( B ) = \frac { 3 } { 5 }$$ When this condition is satisfied, what is the value of $\mathrm { P } \left( A \cap B ^ { C } \right)$? (Here, $A ^ { C }$ is the complement of $A$.) [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 3 } { 20 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(4) $\frac { 3 } { 10 }$
(5) $\frac { 7 } { 20 }$
csat-suneung 2017 Q4 3 marks View
For two events $A$ and $B$, $$\mathrm { P } ( A \cap B ) = \frac { 1 } { 8 } , \mathrm { P } \left( A \cap B ^ { C } \right) = \frac { 3 } { 16 }$$ What is the value of $\mathrm { P } ( A )$? (Here, $B ^ { C }$ is the complement of $B$.) [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 3 } { 16 }$
(2) $\frac { 7 } { 32 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(4) $\frac { 9 } { 32 }$
(5) $\frac { 5 } { 16 }$
csat-suneung 2023 Q25 3 marks View
A box contains 5 white masks and 9 black masks. When 3 masks are randomly drawn simultaneously from the box, what is the probability that at least one of the 3 masks is white? [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 8 } { 13 }$
(2) $\frac { 17 } { 26 }$
(3) $\frac { 9 } { 13 }$
(4) $\frac { 19 } { 26 }$
(5) $\frac { 10 } { 13 }$
grandes-ecoles 2021 Q1a View
Let $s > 1$ be a real number and let $X$ be a random variable taking values in $\mathbb{N}^*$ following the zeta distribution with parameter $s$. If $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$, we denote $\{n \mid X\}$ the event ``$n$ divides $X$'' and $\{n \nmid X\}$ the complementary event.
Calculate $P(n \mid X)$ for $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$.
grandes-ecoles 2024 Q17 View
Let $G _ { 0 } = \left( S _ { 0 } , A _ { 0 } \right)$ be a particular fixed graph with $s _ { 0 } = s _ { G _ { 0 } }$, $a _ { 0 } = a _ { G _ { 0 } }$, $s_0 \geq 2$, $a_0 \geq 1$. For a graph $H = \left( S _ { H } , A _ { H } \right)$ with $S _ { H } \subset \llbracket 1 , n \rrbracket$, the random variable $X_H$ is defined by: $$\forall G \in \Omega _ { n } \quad X _ { H } ( G ) = \begin{cases} 1 & \text { if } H \subset G \\ 0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ Show that $$\mathbf { E } \left( X _ { H } \right) = p _ { n } ^ { a _ { H } } .$$
grandes-ecoles 2025 Q22 View
We fix $n \in \mathbf { N } ^ { * }$ and draw successively and with replacement two integers $p$ and $q$ according to a uniform distribution on $\llbracket 1 , n \rrbracket$. The event $E_n$ is defined as "We obtain $(p,q) \in E_1 \cup E_2 \cup E_3$".
Using the result $\mathbf{P}(A_n \cup B_n) \sim \dfrac{\ln n}{n}$ as $n \to +\infty$, deduce $$\lim _ { n \rightarrow + \infty } \mathbf { P } \left( E _ { n } \right) .$$
jee-advanced 2013 Q42 View
Four persons independently solve a certain problem correctly with probabilities $\frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 3 } { 4 } , \frac { 1 } { 4 } , \frac { 1 } { 8 }$. Then the probability that the problem is solved correctly by at least one of them is
(A) $\frac { 235 } { 256 }$
(B) $\frac { 21 } { 256 }$
(C) $\frac { 3 } { 256 }$
(D) $\frac { 253 } { 256 }$
jee-advanced 2021 Q17 4 marks View
Let $E$, $F$ and $G$ be three events having probabilities $$P(E) = \frac{1}{8}, \quad P(F) = \frac{1}{6}, \quad P(G) = \frac{1}{4},$$ and let $P(E \cap F \cap G) = \frac{1}{10}$.
For any event $H$, if $P(H^c)$ denotes its complement, then which of the following statements is(are) TRUE?
(A) $P(E \cap F \cap G^c) \leq \frac{1}{40}$
(B) $P(E^c \cap F \cap G) \leq \frac{1}{15}$
(C) $P(E \cup F \cup G) \leq \frac{13}{24}$
(D) $P(E^c \cap F^c \cap G^c) \leq \frac{5}{12}$
jee-advanced 2023 Q2 3 marks View
Consider an experiment of tossing a coin repeatedly until the outcomes of two consecutive tosses are same. If the probability of a random toss resulting in head is $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$, then the probability that the experiment stops with head is
(A) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(B) $\frac { 5 } { 21 }$
(C) $\frac { 4 } { 21 }$
(D) $\frac { 2 } { 7 }$
jee-main 2014 Q90 View
If $A$ and $B$ are two events such that $P ( A \cup B ) = P ( A \cap B )$, then the incorrect statement amongst the following statements is:
(1) $P ( A ) + P ( B ) = 1$
(2) $P \left( A \cap B ^ { \prime } \right) = 0$
(3) $A \& B$ are equally likely
(4) $P \left( A ^ { \prime } \cap B \right) = 0$
jee-main 2017 Q89 View
For three events $A$, $B$ and $C$, $P(\text{Exactly one of } A \text{ or } B \text{ occurs}) = P(\text{Exactly one of } B \text{ or } C \text{ occurs}) = P(\text{Exactly one of } C \text{ or } A \text{ occurs}) = \dfrac{1}{4}$ and $P(\text{All the three events occur simultaneously}) = \dfrac{1}{16}$. Then the probability that at least one of the events occurs, is:
(1) $\dfrac{7}{32}$
(2) $\dfrac{7}{16}$
(3) $\dfrac{1}{64}$
(4) $\dfrac{3}{16}$
jee-main 2017 Q89 View
An unbiased coin is tossed eight times. The probability of obtaining at least one head and at least one tail is:
(1) $\frac { 127 } { 128 }$
(2) $\frac { 63 } { 64 }$
(3) $\frac { 255 } { 256 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
jee-main 2019 Q89 View
In a class of 60 students, 40 opted for NCC, 30 opted for NSS and 20 opted for both NCC and NSS. If one of these students is selected at random, then the probability that the student selected has opted neither for NCC nor for NSS is :
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$
(2) $\frac { 5 } { 6 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(4) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
jee-main 2019 Q90 View
Four persons can hit a target correctly with probabilities $\frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 1 } { 3 } , \frac { 1 } { 4 }$ and $\frac { 1 } { 8 }$ respectively. If all hit at the target independently, then the probability that the target would be hit, is
(1) $\frac { 25 } { 192 }$
(2) $\frac { 7 } { 32 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 192 }$
(4) $\frac { 25 } { 32 }$
jee-main 2019 Q90 View
Two newspapers $A$ and $B$ are published in a city. It is known that $25 \%$ of the city population reads $A$ and $20 \%$ reads $B$ while $8 \%$ reads both $A$ and $B$. Further, 30\% of those who read $A$ but not $B$ look into advertisements and $40 \%$ of those who read $B$ but not $A$ also look into advertisements, while $50 \%$ of those who read both $A$ and $B$ look into advertisements. Then the percentage of the population who look into advertisements is:
(1) 13.5
(2) 12.8
(3) 13.9
(4) 13
jee-main 2021 Q80 View
Let $A , B$ and $C$ be three events such that the probability that exactly one of $A$ and $B$ occurs is $( 1 - k )$, the probability that exactly one of $B$ and $C$ occurs is $( 1 - 2k )$, the probability that exactly one of $C$ and $A$ occurs is $( 1 - k )$ and the probability of all $A , B$ and $C$ occur simultaneously is $k ^ { 2 }$, where $0 < k < 1$. Then the probability that at least one of $A , B$ and $C$ occur is:
(1) greater than $\frac { 1 } { 8 }$ but less than $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(2) greater than $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(3) greater than $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$ but less than $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(4) exactly equal to $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
jee-main 2022 Q80 View
Let $E _ { 1 } , E _ { 2 } , E _ { 3 }$ be three mutually exclusive events such that $P \left( E _ { 1 } \right) = \frac { 2 + 3 p } { 6 } , P \left( E _ { 2 } \right) = \frac { 2 - p } { 8 }$ and $P \left( E _ { 3 } \right) = \frac { 1 - p } { 2 }$. If the maximum and minimum values of $p$ are $p _ { 1 }$ and $p _ { 2 }$ then $\left( p _ { 1 } + p _ { 2 } \right)$ is equal to:
(1) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 5 } { 3 }$
(3) $\frac { 5 } { 4 }$
(4) 1
taiwan-gsat 2021 Q9 5 marks View
A village mayor election has two polling stations. The proportion of valid votes received by the two candidates at each polling station is shown in the following table (invalid votes are not counted):
Candidate ACandidate B
First Polling Station$40 \%$$60 \%$
Second Polling Station$55 \%$$45 \%$

Assume the number of valid votes at the first and second polling stations are $x$ and $y$ respectively (where $x > 0 , y > 0$), and the candidate with the higher total votes wins. Based on the above table, select the correct options.
(1) When the total number of valid votes $x + y$ is known, the winner can be determined
(2) When the ratio $x : y$ is less than $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$, the winner can be determined
(3) When $x > y$, the winner can be determined
(4) When Candidate A's valid votes at the first polling station exceed those at the second polling station, the winner can be determined
(5) When Candidate B's valid votes at the second polling station exceed those at the first polling station, the winner can be determined
taiwan-gsat 2025 Q13 5 marks View
There are two parking lots next to a scenic spot. Assume that on a certain day, the probability that either parking lot has no available spaces is 0.7, and whether the two parking lots have available spaces is independent. If a car arrives at these two parking lots on that day, the probability that at least one parking lot has available spaces is 0.(13--1)(13--2).