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Monday, October 3, 2011

What is the probability?

Two squares are chosen at random on a chessboard. What is the probability that they have a side in common?

An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. What is the probability that in the next 5 trials there will be four successes?

A man can hit a target once in 4 shots. If he fires 4 shots in succession, what is the probability that he will hit his target?

A number is selected at random from first thirty natural numbers. What is the chance that it is a multiple of either 3 or 13?

 When two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that turn up is less than 11?

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