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  1. Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department. The probability of Ram's selection is 1/6 and that of Ramesh is 1/8. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected?
    1. 47/48
    2. 1/4
    3. 13/48
    4. 35/48
Correct Option: B

P (Ram) = 1/6; p(Ramesh) = 1/8 p(only at) = p (Ram) × p (not ramesh) + p(Ramesh) × p(n0 × Ram)

=
1
+
7
+
1
×
5
6886

12
=
1
404



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