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Introduction to Mathematical Modelling

Question
CBSEENMA9003987

In a cricket match, a batswoman hits a boundary 6 times out of 30 balls she plays. Find the probability that she did not hit a boundary.

Solution

Let E be the event of hitting the boundary.

Then,
straight P left parenthesis straight E right parenthesis equals fraction numerator his space the space boundary over denominator Total end fraction equals 6 over 30 equals 1 half equals 0.2

∴ Probability of not hitting the boundary
= 1 – Probability of hitting the boundary
= 1 – P(E) = 1 – 0.2 = 0.8.


Question
CBSEENMA9003988

1500 families with 2 children were selected randomly, and the following data were recorded:

Number of girls in a family

2

1

0

Number of families

475

814

211

Compute the probability of a family, chosen at random, having

(0 2 girls (ii) 1 girl (iii) No girl.

Also check whether the sum of these probabilities is 1.

Solution

Total number of families
= 475 + 814 + 211 = 1500
(i) Probability of a family, chosen at random,
having 2 girls = 475 over 1500 equals 19 over 60
(ii) Probability of a family, chosen at random,
having 1 girl  equals 814 over 1500 equals 407 over 750
(iii) Probability of a family, chosen at random,
having no girl  equals 211 over 1500
Sum of these probabilities
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Hence, the sum is checked.

Question
CBSEENMA9003989

In a particular section of Class IX, 40 students were asked about the months of their birth, the following graph was prepared for the data so obtained. Find the probability that a student of the class was bom in August.

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Solution

Total number of students bom in the year =3+4+2+2+5+1+2+6+3+4+4+4=40
Number of students bom in August = 6
∴ Probability that a student of the class was
born in August = 6 over 40 equals 3 over 20.

Question
CBSEENMA9003990

Three coins are tossed simultaneously 200 times with the following frequencies of different outcomes:

Outcome

3 heads

2 heads

1 head

No head

Frequency

23

72

71

28

If the three coins are simultaneously tossed again, compute the probability of 2 heads coming up.

Solution

Total number of times the three coins are tossed = 200
Number of times when 2 heads appear = 72
∴ Probability of 2 heads coming up
equals 72 over 200 equals 9 over 25.