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1.
A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Another number y is selected at random from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the Probability that product of x and y is less than 16.
2.
Anu, Priya and Jyoti were fighting to get first chance in a game. Anu says, "Let us toss two coins. If both heads appear, Priya will take chance, if both tails appear, Jyoti will get it and if one head and one tail appears, I will get the chance".
(i) What is the probability of Anu, Priya and Jyoti getting the first chance?
(ii) Is her decision fair?
(iii) What quality of her character is being depicted here?
3.
(i) Find the probability of getting 53 Fridays in a leap year.
(ii) A die is thrown, find the probability of getting an odd prime number.
4.
A box of 24 solar cells contain 8 defective cells.One cell is drawn at random.What is the probability that the cell is not defective and it is not replaced and a second cell is selected at random from the rest, what is the probability that second cell is defective?
5.
A letter is at drawn at random from the word 'MATHEMATICS'.Find the probability of drawing each of the different letters in the given word.
6.
At a fete cards bearing numbers 1 to 500, one on each card, are put in a box. Each player selects one card at random and that card is not replaced. If the selected card bears a number which is a perfect square of an even number the player wins prize.
(i) What is the probability that the first player wins a prize?
(ii) The second player wins prize, if the first has not won.
7.
20 cards numbered 1, 2, 3, ...., 20 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly. Shashi draws a cards from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is
(i) odd (ii) even (iii) a prime
(iv) divisible by 3 (v) divisible by 3 and 2 both.
8.
A coin is tossed. If it results in a head a coin is tossed, otherwise a die is thrown. Describe the following events:
(i) A = getting atleast one head
(ii) B = getting an even number
(iii) C = getting a tail
(iv) D = getting a tail and an odd number
1.
Given, x = {1, 2, 3, 4}
\(\Rightarrow\) n(x) = 4
y = {1, 4, 9, 16}
n(y) = 4
Totalnumber of possible products = 4\(\times\)4 = 16.
Products x.y which are less than 16 are {1\(\times\)1, 1\(\times\) 4, 1\(\times\)9, 2\(\times\)1, 2\(\times\)4, 3\(\times\)1, 3\(\times\)4, 4\(\times\)1}
n (x.y) = 8
\(\therefore\) Required probability =\(\frac{8}{16}\) =\(\frac{1}{2}\)
2.
The possible outcomes of the experiment of tossing two coins are HH, HT, TH and TT.
(i) Outcomes favourable to Anu are HT and TH.
P (Anu getting first chance) = \(\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}\)
Outcomes favourable to Priya is HH.
\(\therefore \) P ( Priya getting first chance) = \(\frac{1}{4}\)
Outcomes favourable to Jyoti is TT.
\(\therefore \) P (Jyoti getting first chance) = \(\frac{1}{4}\)
(ii) No, the number of cases favourable to each one of them are not equal.
(iii) Dishonesty, as she kept two cases favourable for herself and one each for the other two friends.
3.
(i) Number of days in a leap year=366 days
\(=(52\times 7+2)\) days=52 weeks and 2 days
Thus, a leap year always has 52 Fridays.
The remaining 2 days can be
(a) Sunday and Monday
(b) Monday and Tuesday
(c) Tuesday and Wednesday
(d) Wednesday and Thursday
(e) Thursday and Friday
(f) Friday and Saturday
(g) Saturday and Sunday.
Out of these 7 cases, we have Friday in two cases.
So, total number of possible outcomes, n(S)=7 and total number of favourable outcomes, n(E)=2
∴ P(53 Fridays)\(=\frac { n(E) }{ n(S) } =\frac { 2 }{ 7 } \)
(ii) Sample space of a die, S={1,2,3,4,5,6}
∴ n(S)=6
Let E=Event of getting an odd prime number
={3,5}
∴ n(E)=2
Hence, required probability\(=\frac { n(E) }{ n(S) } =\frac { 2 }{ 6 } =\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
4.
\({2\over3},{8\over23}\)
5.
\({2\over11},{2\over11},{2\over11},{1\over11},{1\over11},{1\over11},{1\over11},{1\over11}\)
6.
(i)There are 500 possible ways to draw a card.Perfect squares of even numbers are 4, 16, 36, 64, 64, 100, 144,196, 256, 324, 400, 484.
Number of ways to draw a no. of which is a perfect square of even number =11
Probability of first player winning a prize = \(11\over 500\)
(ii)For second players No. of cards left = 500-1=499
[∵ One card has been drawn by 1st players and it has not been replaced]
Also No. of cards bearing perfect square of even number = 11
[∵ 1st players has not won ∴ Card drawn by him does not bear a perfect square even numbert]
∴ Probability of IInd player winning a prize = \(11\over 499\)
7.
Total cards=20
(i)Probability of drawing a card bearing an odd number = \({10\over 20}={1\over 2}\)
(ii)Probability of drawing a card bearing an even number = \({10\over 20}={1\over 2}\)
(iii)Probability of drawing a prime number {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}= \({8\over 20}={2\over 5}\)
(iv)Probability of drawing a number divisible by 3, {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18} = \({6\over 20}={3\over 10}\)
(v)Probability of drawing a number divisible 2 and 3 both (6, 12, 18) = \(3\over 20\)
8.
Total outcomes
(H, H), (H, T), (T, 1), (T, 3), (T, 4), (T, 5), (T, 6)
A=(H, H), (H, T)
B=(T, 2), (T, 4), (T, 6)
C=(H, T), (T, 1), (T, 2), (T, 3), (T, 4), (T, 5), (T, 6)
D=(T, 1), (T, 3), (T, 5)
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