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The probability that the triangle formed by choosing any three vertices from the vertices of a cube is equilateral is
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Correct option: D
Option D (1/7) is correct because it represents the probability of forming an equilateral triangle by choosing three vertices of a cube.
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A die is thrown. Let be the event that the number obtained is greater than 3. Let be the event that the number obtained is less than 5. Then is
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Correct option: D
1
Option D (1) is correct because the union of the two events covers all possible outcomes when rolling a die.
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Given then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C (2/3) is correct because it correctly applies the conditional probability formula and De Morgan's Law.
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Two dice are thrown. The Probability that the number appeared have a sum 8 if it is known that the second dice always exhibits 4 , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because, given the second die shows 4, only one outcome results in a sum of 8 (4,4).
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A box contains 3 orange balls, 3 green balls and 2 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the box without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 green balls and one blue ball is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the probability of drawing 2 green balls and 1 blue ball without replacement, considering all possible orders.
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Six boys and six girls sit in a row randomly. The probability that all the six girls sit together is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the probability of all six girls sitting together, calculated by treating the group of girls as one unit and dividing the number of favorable arrangements by the total possible arrangements.
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Application
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The probability that the two digit number formed by digit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, is divisible by 4 (while repetition of digit is allowed), is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the actual probability is 1/5, which is not among the given options. The probability is calculated by dividing the number of two-digit numbers divisible by 4 by the total number of two-digit numbers.
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Analyzing
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A number is chosen at random from
Let and Then, correct order of their probabilities is
Let and Then, correct order of their probabilities is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it accurately compares the probabilities of the defined sets A, B, and C within the given sample space S.
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A letter is chosen at random from the word 'ASSASSINATION'.
I. The probability that letter is a vowel is .
II. The probability that letter is a consonant is .
I. The probability that letter is a vowel is .
II. The probability that letter is a consonant is .
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Correct option: B
Both I and II are correct
Option B (Both I and II are correct) is correct because there are 6 vowels and 7 consonants in the word 'ASSASSINATION', leading to probabilities of 6/13 and 7/13 respectively.
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One of the two events must happen. Given that the chance of one is two-third of the other, the odds in favour of the other are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the odds in favor of the other event, given that one event's chance is two-thirds of the other's.
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A boy is throwing stones at a target. The probability of hitting the target at any trial is . The probability of hitting the target 5th time at the 10th throw is
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Correct option: B
Option B (63 / 29) is correct because it calculates the probability of hitting the target 4 times in the first 9 throws and then hitting it on the 10th throw.
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A die has four blank faces and two faces marked 3. The change of getting a total of 12 in 5 throws is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it calculates the probability of getting exactly four 3's in 5 throws, which results in a total of 12.
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The probability that a man who is 85 years old will die before attaining the age of 90 is . Four persons and are 85 years old. The probability that will die before attaining the age of 90 and will be the first to die is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the probability that dies before attaining the age of 90 and is the first to die among the four persons.
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Application
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Four persons independently solve a certain problem correctly with probabilities . Then the probability that the problem is solved correctly by at least one of them is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it calculates the probability of at least one person solving the problem by subtracting the probability that none of them solve it from 1.
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Two friends and have equal number of daughters. There are three cinema tickets which are to be distributed among the daughters of and . The probability that all the tickets got to daughters of is 1/20. The number of daughters each of them have is
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Correct option: D
3
Option D (3) is correct because it solves the probability equation to find the number of daughters each friend has.
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A box contains 4 white and 5 black balls. ball is drawn at random and its colour is noted. A ball is then put back in the box along with two additional balls of its opposite colour. If a ball is drawn again from the box, then the probability that the ball drawn now is black, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it uses the law of total probability to calculate the probability of drawing a black ball.
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and toss a coin alternately till one of them tosses heads and wins the game, their respective probability of winning are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the probabilities of A and B winning, calculated by summing the probabilities of winning on each turn.
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In a binomial distribution If the probability of at least one success is greater than or equal to , then is greater than
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is because it represents the lower bound for n, given the probability condition.
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persons are seated on chairs at a round table. The probability that two specified persons are sitting next to each other, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the probability of two specific people sitting next to each other at a round table.
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Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Let denote the random variable of number of aces obtained in the two drawn cards. Then, equals
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Correct option: A
Option A (25/169) is correct because it is the sum of probabilities of getting exactly one ace and two aces in two draws with replacement.
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Application
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Three integers are chosen at random without replacement from the first 20 integers. The probability that their product is even is
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Correct option: C
Option C (17 / 19) is correct because it is calculated by finding the probability that the product is odd and subtracting it from 1.
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An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. The probability that in the next six trials there are at least 4 successes, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it's the probability of at least 4 successes, calculated by summing the probabilities of 4, 5, and 6 successes.
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In a series of three trials the probability of exactly two successes in nine times as large as the probability of three successes. Then, the probability of success in each trial is
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Correct option: C
01-Apr
Option D (01-Apr) is correct because the probability of success is calculated by setting up an equation based on the given relationship between the probabilities of two and three successes.
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are any three events. If denotes the probability of happening, then
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it correctly applies the distributive property and the inclusion-exclusion principle for probabilities.
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Let have a binomial distribution such that the sum and the product of the mean and variance of are 24 and 128 respectively. If , then is equal to :
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Correct option: B
529
Option B (529) is correct because it is the sum of the probabilities P(X=n-2), P(X=n-1), and P(X=n) for a binomial distribution with n=32 and p=1/2.
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In a group of people, if 4 are selected at a random, the probability that the any two of the four do not have same month of birth is then is equal to
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Correct option: A
5
Option A (5) is correct because the probability that no two of the four selected people have the same month of birth is 55/96, and (96p)/11 equals 5.
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A bag contains 100 tickets numbered 1 to 100. If one ticket is picked up at random, then the probability that the number is divisible by 3 or 5 is
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Correct option: A
0.47
Option A (0.47) is correct because it is calculated by finding the probability of a number being divisible by 3, the probability of being divisible by 5, and subtracting the probability of being divisible by both (15).
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A 7-digit number is formed using the digit 4 three times, digit 5 two times and digit 3 two times. A number is chosen at random, the probability that the chosen mumber is even, is
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Correct option: C
Option D () is correct because it calculates the probability of the chosen number being even by considering the arrangements where the last digit is 4.
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If the mean and variance of a variate having a binomial distribution are 6 and 4 respectively. then the number of values of the variate in the distribution is
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Correct option: D
18
Option D (18) is correct because the number of trials n in a binomial distribution can be found using the mean (np) and variance (npq).
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If follows a binomial distribution with parameters and , then
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Correct option: A
Option A (119/128) is correct because it calculates the probability of X being between 2 and 6 inclusive, given a binomial distribution with n=8 and p=1/2.
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