Probability
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Five boys and five girls are sitting in a row. Find the probability that
- All the boys are sitting together.
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Required probability = 6!5!/10!
Correct Option: D
Required probability = 6!5!/10! = 1/42
- All the girls are sitting together.
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We have, 5 boys and 5 girls.
Since, all the girls are sitting together, we consider them as one. Now, we can arrange 5 boys and 1 girl in 6! ways and these 5 girls (whom we considered as one) can also be arranged in 5! ways.
∴ Favorable number of ways = 6!5!
and total number of ways to arrange 5 boys and 5 girls = 10!Correct Option: A
We have, 5 boys and 5 girls.
Since, all the girls are sitting together, we consider them as one. Now, we can arrange 5 boys and 1 girl in 6! ways and these 5 girls (whom we considered as one) can also be arranged in 5! ways.
∴ Favorable number of ways = 6!5!
and total number of ways to arrange 5 boys and 5 girls = 10!
∴ Required probability 6!5!/10! = 1/42
- A box contains 24 marbles, some are green and other are blue. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, the porbability that it is green is 2/3. The number of blue balls in the box is
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Let the number of green marble = x
Then, Probability of getting a green marble
= xc1 / 24c1 = 2/3Correct Option: D
Let the number of green marble = x
Then, Probability of getting a green marble
= xc1 / 24c1 = 2/3
⇒ x/24 = 2/3
⇒ x = 16
- All the girls are not sitting together?
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Required probability = 1- probability that all the girls sit together
Correct Option: A
Required probability = 1- probability that all the girls sit together
= 1 - 1/42 = 41/42
Direction: Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
A basket contains 4 red, 5 blue and 3 green marbles
- If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that either all are green or all are red ?
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Total number of ways of selection of 3 marbles out of 12
= n(S) = 12C3 = 220
Total number of favorable events = n(E)
= 3C3 + 4C3 = 1 + 4 = 5Correct Option: D
Total number of ways of selection of 3 marbles out of 12
= n(S) = 12C3 = 220
Total number of favorable events = n(E)
= 3C3 + 4C3 = 1 + 4 = 5
∴ Required probability
= 5/220 = 1/44