Unit 2 - Activity 10 - Mutually Exclusive Events 2 Worksheet

Unit 2 - Activity 10 - Mutually Exclusive Events 2 Worksheet
1. Classify each pair of events as mutually exclusive or non-mutually exclusive.
Event A Event B
Randomly drawing a grey sock from a Randomly drawing a wool sock from a
a)
drawer drawer
Randomly selecting a student with Randomly selecting a student on the
b)
brown eyes honour roll
Having an even number of students in Having an odd number of students in
c)
your class your class
d) Rolling a six with a die Rolling a prime number with a die
Your birthday falling on a Saturday next Your birthday falling on a weekend next
e)
year year
f) Getting an A on the next test Passing the next test
2. In the game of craps, the thrower wins if on the first throw of a pair of dice, he throws a
7 or 11. Calculate the probability of winning on the first throw.
3. If a die is thrown, what is the probability of obtaining an even number or a number

greater than 4?
4. The probabilities that John will receive an A, B, C, D, or E on a test is 0.13, 0.26, 0.45, 0.11
and 0.05 respectively. What is the probability that John will get the following result?
a) An A or B
b) At least a D
c) Less than A
5. In a large sample of families in Canada, it was found that 80% of the husbands and 60%
of the wives were employed outside the home. In 53% of the cases, both the husband and
wife were employed outside the home. Assume that the sample is representative of the
whole population of Canada. What is the probability that
a. At least one spouse is employed outside the home
b. Neither spouse is employed outside the home
6. Environmentalists have accused a large company of dumping nuclear waste material in a

local river. The probability that either the fish in the river or the animals that drink from
the river will die is 11/21. The probability that only the fish will die is 1/3 and the
probability that only the animals that drink from the river will die is 2/7. What is the
probability that both the fish and the animals will die?
7. A student feels that the probability of passing her driver's test is 90%, the probability of
selling her bicycle is 60% and the probability of passing the test and selling her bicycle is
55%. Find the probability that she will pass the test or sell her bicycle.
8. On a certain day, the probability of rain is 4/5, the probability of thunder is 3/5 and the
probability of both is 2/5. What is the probability that it will rain or thunder?
9. As a promotion, a resort has a draw for free family day-passes. The resort considers July,
August, March, and December to be "vacation months."
a. If the free passes are randomly dated, what is the probability that a day-pass
will be dated within
i. A vacation month?
ii. June, July, or August?
b. Draw a Venn diagram of the events in part a.
10. In an animal-behaviour study, hamsters were tested with a number of intelligence tests, as
shown in the table below.
Number of Tests Number of Hamsters

0 10
1 6
2 4
3 3
4 or more 5
If a hamster is randomly chosen from this study group, what is the likelihood that the
hamster has participated in
a. Exactly three tests?
b. Fewer than two tests?
c. Either one or two tests?
d. No tests or more than three tests?
11. A grade 12 student is selected at random to sit on a university liaison committee. Of the
120 students enrolled in the grade 12 university-preparation mathematics courses,
 53 are enrolled in data management
 71 are enrolled in calculus
 36 are enrolled in advanced functions
 19 are enrolled in data management and calculus
 15 are enrolled in calculus and advanced functions
 9 are enrolled in advanced functions and data management
 3 are enrolled in all three
a. Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this situation
b. Determine the probability that the student selected will be enrolled in either data
management or calculus
c. Determine the probability that the student selected will be enrolled in only one of
the three courses

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1. Classify each pair of events as mutually exclusive or non-mutually exclusive.

3. If a die is thrown, what is the probability of obtaining an even number or a number

6. Environmentalists have accused a large company of dumping nuclear waste material in a

Number of Tests Number of Hamsters

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