# Thread: 2 Stupid Questions? Can anyone do these?

1. ## Probability Questions.. HELPP Can someone PLZ do these?

Dr Harve has found that 30 % of his clients have eye problems, 10 have hearing and 5 have both.. are an (eye problem and hearing problems) independent or dependent? why

T.O Leafs is playing Montreal in Stanley cup finals. team to win 4 first wins the cup. If the prob of T.O winning (1) game is .55 determine the prob that
a) T.O wins 4 straight
b) Montreal wins the cup ( In general)

2. Q.1
First I guess you mean 10% and 5% instead of 10 and 5, am I right?
If this is the case, we have $P(E)=0.3$, $P(H)=0.1$ and $P(E\cap H)=0.05$
By definition, two events $A$ and $B$ are said to be independent if $P(A\cap B)=P(A)P(B)$.
But here we have $P(E\cap H)=0.05$ and $P(E)P(H)=0.03$, hence they are dependent.

Q.2
First part is easy, just $P($wins 4 straight $)=(0.55)^4\approx 0.0915$;

The second part deserves a little analysis, there are 4 cases a team can win the cup: (1) the team wins the 4th game in the 4th game in the series (this is the case of 4 straight wins as we found in part one); (2) the team wins the 4th game in the 5th game in the series; (3) the team wins the 4th game in the 6th game in the series;(4) the team wins the 4th game in the 7th game in the series. We need to sum all the four probabilities for these 4 cases, the second, third and fourth cases are follow exactly the negative binomial probability distribution (Check a reference for detail), so the probability for T.O. Leaf to win the series can be written as:

$P(W) = P(1) + P(2) + P(3) + P(4)$ where $P(2)$ means the probability for case 2 above etc.

$P(W) = (0.55)^4 + \binom{4}{3}(0.55)^4(0.45)^1 + \binom{5}{3}(0.55)^4(0.45)^2 + \binom{6}{3}(0.55)^4(0.45)^3$
$\approx 0.6083$

Thus the probability for Montreal to win will be $1-P(W)\approx 0.3917$.

3. Originally Posted by wikji
Dr Harve has found that 30 % of his clients have eye problems, 10 have hearing and 5 have both.. are an (eye problem and hearing
T.O Leafs is playing Montreal in Stanley cup finals. team to win 4 first wins the cup. If the prob of T.O winning (1) game is .55 determine the prob that
a) T.O wins 4 straight
b) Montreal wins the cup ( In general)
independant u don't c with ears and hear with eyes