Heat and Thermodynamics

Problems

1. A dice has six numbers depicted on its six faces. By throwing it twice, what is the probability of getting 6 and 4?

    

   Ans. 1/36

2. A container has 5 red and 4 green balls. What are the probabilities that on two successive draws
   1. both will be red and
   2. both will be green?

    

   Ans.

   1. 5/18,
   2. 1/6
3. Calculate the probability of getting 1 head and 5 tails in tossing a coin 6 times.

    

   Ans. 3/32

4. Four similar dice P, Q, R, S each having 6 equally likely faces marked as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are thrown simultaneously; and in a toss, all the faces have equal probability of appearing up. Calculate the probability of getting the faces of all the dice up marked with 2.

    

   Ans. 1/1296

5. Calculate the probability of drawing 3 jacks in succession from a pack of ...