Probability and Statistics

Problems related to probability distributions, statistical inference, data analysis, etc.

Problems in this category

A group of tourists consists of 3 men and 5 women. They stand in a line randomly to buy tickets to v...

PermutationsProbabilityCombinationsFactorials
2025/7/18

The problem seems to be calculating the standard deviation of returns given probabilities and return...

Standard DeviationVarianceExpected ValueProbability Distributions
2025/7/17

We are given that $P(A \cup B) = 0.7$ and $P(A \cup B^c) = 0.9$. We need to find $P(A)$.

ProbabilitySet TheoryConditional ProbabilityProbability of UnionComplement
2025/7/16

The problem provides a frequency distribution table of marks obtained by 50 students. It asks us to:...

Frequency DistributionCumulative FrequencyOgiveMedianPercentileModeDescriptive Statistics
2025/7/16

We have a bag with 7 red discs and 5 blue discs. Two discs are drawn at random without replacement. ...

ProbabilityConditional ProbabilityWithout ReplacementCombinatorics
2025/7/15

The problem consists of two parts. (a) A biased square spinner has the following probabilities: Scor...

ProbabilityExpected ValueIndependent EventsConditional ProbabilityDiscrete Probability
2025/7/15

The problem consists of two independent probability questions: (c)(i) A bag contains 15 red beads an...

ProbabilityIndependent EventsConditional ProbabilityWithout Replacement
2025/7/15

We are asked to solve three probability problems: (b) A bag contains 54 red marbles and some blue ma...

ProbabilityConditional ProbabilityCombinatorics
2025/7/15

The problem describes a class of 32 students. We are given information about how many students study...

ProbabilityVenn DiagramsConditional ProbabilitySet Theory
2025/7/15

The problem is based on a Venn diagram representing a group of 50 students. The Venn diagram shows t...

Venn DiagramsSet TheoryProbabilityConditional Probability
2025/7/15