
A box contains radio tubes of which are defective. The tubes are tested one after the other until the defective tubes are discovered. The probability that the process stopped on the
(a) second test is then is
(b) third test is then is
(c) If the process stopped on the third test, find the probability that the first tube is non-defective is , then is

Important Questions on Probability




Two distinct numbers and are chosen randomly from the set . Find the probability that is an integer.

A uniform unbiased die is constructed in shape of a regular tetrahedron with faces numbered and and the score is taken from the face on which the die lands. If two such dice are thrown together, find the probability of scoring.
(a) exactly on each successive throws.
(b) more than on atleast one of the three successive throws.


A player tosses an unbiased coin and is to score two points for every head turned up and one point for every tail turned up. If denotes the probability that his score is exactly points, prove that
