ASSIGNMENT 04
UNIQUE NO: 750826
DUE 15 AUGUST 2025
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ASSIGNMENT 04
DUE 15 AUGUST 2025
UNIQUE NUMBER: 750826
SECTION A: PROBABILITY
Question 1
1.1.1 Theoretical Probability Calculation
We are given a bag containing marbles of different colours:
• Red marbles: 3
• Blue marbles: 4
• Green marbles: 2
• Yellow marbles: 1
Total number of marbles
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 3 (𝑅𝑒𝑑) + 4 (𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒) + 2 (𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛) + 1 (𝑌𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤) = 10
The theoretical probability P(E)of an event is calculated
Number of favourable outcomes
𝑃(𝐸) = Total number of outcomes
𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟏 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒍𝒆
3
𝑃(𝑅𝑒𝑑) = 310𝑃(Red) = 𝑃(𝑅𝑒𝑑) = 103
10
𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟐 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒍𝒆
4
𝑃(𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒) = 410𝑃(Blue) = 𝑃(𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒) = 104
10
, 𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟑 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒍𝒆
2
𝑃(𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛) = 210𝑃(Green) = 𝑃(𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛) = 102
10
𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟏. 𝟒 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒀𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒍𝒆
1
𝑃(𝑌𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤) = 110𝑃(Yellow) = 10 𝑃(𝑌𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤) = 101