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Q 10.A committee of 5 persons is to be selected randomly from a group of 5 men and 10 women.
(a) Find the probability that the committee consists of 2 men and 3 women.
(b) Find the probability that the committee consists of all women.
Q11.Suppose that a laboratory test to detect a certain disease has the following statistics. Let
A = event that the tested person has the disease
B = event that the test result is positive
It is known that P( B | A) 0.99 and P ( B | Ac ) 0.005 and 0.1 percent of the population actually
has the disease. What is the probability that a person has the disease given that the test result is
positive?
Q12. Marie is getting married tomorrow, at an outdoor ceremony in the desert. In recent years, it
has rained only 5 days each year. Unfortunately, the weatherman has predicted rain for
tomorrow. When it actually rains, the weatherman correctly forecasts rain 90% of the time.
When it doesn't rain, he incorrectly forecasts rain 10% of the time. What is the probability that it
will rain on the day of Marie's wedding?