SOLUTIONS OF TUTORIAL SHEET 1

1. (a) Outcomes for a large or infinite number of tosses of a coin.

(b) All possible time intervals for this student to drive from her home to her office.
2. (a) A' = {nitrogen, potassium, uranium, oxygen}.
(b) AC = {copper, sodium, zinc, oxygen}.
(c) AB = {copper, zinc} and
C = {copper, sodium, nitrogen, potassium, uranium, zinc};
so (A B) C = {copper, sodium, nitrogen, potassium, uranium, zinc}.
(d) B C = {copper, uranium, zinc}.
(e) A B C = .
(f) A B = {copper, nitrogen, potassium, uranium, oxygen, zinc} and
A C = {oxygen}; so, (A B) (A C) = {oxygen}.
3. a) Because E and E' are mutually exclusive events and EE = S
1 = P(S) = P(EE) = P(E) + P(E'). Therefore, P(E') = 1 - P(E)
b) Because S and are mutually exclusive events with S = S
P(S) = P(S) + P(). Therefore, P() = 0
4. (a) Sum of the probabilities exceeds 1.
(b) Sum of the probabilities is less than 1.
(c) A negative probability.
5. (a) (i) 1 - 0.42 = 0.58
(ii) 1 0.04 = 0.96.
(b) P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.35
(i) P(A) = 1 0.2 = 0.8.
(ii) P(AB) = 1 P(A B) = 1 0.2 0.35 = 0.45.
(iii) A and B are mutually exclusive.
(iii) P(AB) = 0.2 + 0.35 = 0.55.