Class 11

In a town of 6000 people, 1200 are over 50 years old, and 2000 are females. It is known that 30% of the females are over 50 years. What is the probability that a randomly chosen individual from the town is either female or over 50 years?

Answer : let A denote the event that the chosen individual is female and B denote the event that the chosen individual is over 50 years old. Given : Town consists of 6000 people, 1200 are over 50...

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The probability that a patient visiting a denist will have a tooth extracted is 0.06, the probability that he will have a cavity filled is 0.2, and the probability that he will have a tooth extracted or a cavity filled is 0.23.What is the probability that he will have a tooth extracted as well as a cavity filled?

Answer : Let A denote the event that a patient visiting a denist will have a tooth extracted and B denote the event that a patient will have a cavity filled Given : P(A) = 0.06 , P(B) = 0.2 , P(A or...

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The probability that a person will get an electrification contract ia (2/5) and the probability that he will not get a plumbing contract is (4/7). If the probability of getting at least one contract is (2/3), what is the probability that he will get both?

Answer : Let A denote the event that a person will get electrification contract and B denote the event that the person will get a plumbing contract Given : P(A) =  2/5  , P(not B) =4/5   , P(A or B)...

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The probability that Hemant passes in English is (2/3), and the probability that he passes in Hindi is (5/9). If the probability of his passing both the subjects is (2/5), find the probability that he will pass in at least one of these subjects.

Answer : let A denot the event that Hemant passes in english and B denote the event that hemant passes in hindi . Given : P(A) = 2/3, P(B) = 5/9  ,P(A and B) = 2/5 To find : Probability that he will...

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In a lottery, a person chooses six different numbers at random from 1 to 20. If these six numbers match with the six numbers already fixed by the lottery committee, he wins the prize. What is the probability of winning the prize in the game?

Answer : All numbers are different (given in question), this will be the same as picking r different objects from n objects which is ncr Here, n= 20 and r = 6(as we have to pick 6 different objects...

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A combination lock on a suitcase has 3 wheels, each labeled with nine digits from 1 to 9. If an opening combination is a particular sequence of three digits with no repeats, what is the probability of a person guessing the right combination?

Answer : As repetition is not allowed total no.of cases possible is 9×8×7(because if one of the numbers occupies a wheel, then the other wheel cannot be occupied by this number, i.e. next wheel have...

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Assume that on an average one telephone number out of 15, called between 3 p.m. on weekdays, will be busy. What is the probability that if six randomly selected telephone numbers are called, at least 3 of them will be busy?

The probability that the called number is busy is $\frac{1}{15}$ Using Bernoulli's Trial we have, $\begin{array}{l} P(\text { Success }=x)={ }^{n} C_{x} \cdot p^{x} \cdot q^{(n-x)} \\ x=0,1,2,...

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