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<span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A) = 0.45, \Pr(B) = 0.4, \Pr(A \cup B) = 0.6, \Pr(A \cap B) = 0.25.\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-1-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="introduction" id="exercises-Probability-2-1"><div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-2-1-1">Suppose we flip a coin two times. Answer the questions below. What about three flips? What about four flips?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-2-2-1-1">Write all outcomes in the sample space <span class="process-math">\(\Omega\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-2-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-2-3-1-1">Make a probability distribution table for <span class="process-math">\(\Omega\)</span> assuming the coin is fair.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-2-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(TH\)</span></td>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-2-4-1-1">Make a probability distribution table assuming the coin comes up heads with probability 0.3.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-2-4-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<figure class="table table-like" id="exercises-Probability-2-4-2-1"><figcaption><span class="type">Table</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.2.8<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span>Probability Distribution for Two Fair Coin Flips<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Table 1.2.8: Probability Distribution for Two Fair Coin Flips"><a href="#exercises-Probability-2-4-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Table 1.2.8: Probability Distribution for Two Fair Coin Flips" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Table 1.2.8: Probability Distribution for Two Fair Coin Flips">🔗</a></div></figcaption><div class="tabular-box natural-width"><table class="tabular">
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(HT\)</span></td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(TH\)</span></td>
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<div class="introduction" id="exercises-Probability-3-1"><div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-3-1-1">Suppose we roll a die two times. Answer the questions below.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-3-2-1-1">Write all outcomes in the sample space <span class="process-math">\(\Omega\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-3-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para logical" id="exercises-Probability-3-2-2-1">
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\begin{align*}
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\Omega = \{\amp (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), \\
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\amp (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), \\
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-3-3-1-1">Make a probability distribution table for <span class="process-math">\(\Omega\)</span> assuming the die is fair.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-3-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-3-3-2-1">We’ll avoid an overly large table and note that, since the die is fair, every outcome is equally likely. Therefore, <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(x) = \frac{1}{36}\)</span> for every <span class="process-math">\(x\in \Omega\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-3-3-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-3-4-1-1">Let <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> be the event that the second roll is higher than the first, and let <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> be the event that the first roll is even. Find <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A), \Pr(B)\text{,}\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A \cap B)\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-3-4-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="displaymath process-math" id="exercises-Probability-3-4-2-1-1">
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\begin{align*}
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A = \{ \amp (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), \\
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\amp (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), \\
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\amp (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), \\
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\amp (4, 5), (4, 6), \\
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\amp (5, 6)\} \\
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B = \{ \amp (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), \\
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\amp (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), \\
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\amp (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\} \\
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A \cap B = \{ \amp (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), \\
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\amp (4, 5), (4, 6)\}
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<div class="para">Therefore <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A) = \frac{15}{36} = \frac{5}{12}, \Pr(B) = \frac{18}{36} = \frac{1}{2}, \Pr(A \cap B) = \frac{6}{36} = \frac{1}{6}.\)</span>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-4-1-1">Suppose a die has the values <span class="process-math">\(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\)</span> on the faces, but the die is not fair. Instead, the probabilities scale by the same amount as the face values. For example, a result of 4 is twice as likely as a result of 2, since 4 is twice as large as 2; a result of 6 is six times more likely than a result of 1; and so on. Write a probability distribution table for this die.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-4-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<figure class="table table-like" id="exercises-Probability-4-2-1"><figcaption><span class="type">Table</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.2.9<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span>Probability Distribution for a Linearly Scaled Die<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Table 1.2.9: Probability Distribution for a Linearly Scaled Die"><a href="#exercises-Probability-4-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Table 1.2.9: Probability Distribution for a Linearly Scaled Die" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Table 1.2.9: Probability Distribution for a Linearly Scaled Die">🔗</a></div></figcaption><div class="tabular-box natural-width"><table class="tabular">
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">4</td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">5</td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(5/21\)</span></td>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-5-1-1">Suppose a die has the values <span class="process-math">\(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\)</span> on the faces, but the die is not fair. Instead, each even value has an equal probability, each odd value has an equal probability, and the even values are each twice as likely as the odd values to appear on a roll. Write a probability distribution table for this die.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-5-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-6-1-1">A toxin molecule inside a cell has a 0.3 probability of leaving the cell during a 1-minute period. For each value of <span class="process-math">\(n = 1, 2, 3, \dotsc\text{,}\)</span> find the probability of the toxin molecule leaving the cell during the <span class="process-math">\(n\)</span>th minute. What is the probability of the molecule leaving the cell during the first 3 minutes?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-6-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Probability-6-2-2">The probability of leaving during the first 3 minutes is <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(1) + \Pr(2) + \Pr(3) = 0.657.\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Probability-6-2-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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