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A box contains 5 radio tubes of which 2 are defective. The tubes are tested one after the other until the 2 defective tubes are discovered. The probability that the process stopped on the

(a) second test is 1a, then a is

(b) third test is 115b, then b is

(c) If the process stopped on the third test, find the probability that the first tube is non-defective is xy, then x+y is

Important Questions on Probability

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Anand plays with Karpov 3 games of chess. The probability that he wins a game is 0.5, looses with probability 0.3 and ties with probability 0.2. If he plays 3 games then the probability that he wins atleast two games is
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An aircraft gun can take a maximum of four shots at an enemy's plane moving away from it. The probability of hitting the plane at first, second, third & fourth shots are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 & 0.1 respectively. What is the probability that the gun hits the plane is x100, then integral part of x is
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One hundred management students who read at least one of the three business magazines are surveyed to study the readership pattern. It is found that 80 read Business India, 50 read Business World and 30 read Business Today. Five students read all the three magazines. A students was selected randomly. Find the probability that he reads exactly two magazines is 1a, then a is
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An author writes a good book with a probability of 12. If it is good it is published with a probability of 23. If it is not, it is published with a probability of 14. Find te probability that he will get atleast one book published if he writes two is a576, then a is
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Two distinct numbers a and b are chosen randomly from the set 2,22,23,24,.....,225. Find the probability that logab is an integer.

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A uniform unbiased die is constructed in shape of a regular tetrahedron with faces numbered 2,2,3 and 4 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 6 on each 3 successive throws.

(b) more than 4 on atleast one of the three successive throws.

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A cube with all six faces coloured is cut into 64 cubical blocks of the same size which are thoroughly mixed. Find the probability that the 2 randomly chosen blocks have 2 coloured faces each.
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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 Pn denotes the probability that his score is exactly n points, prove that

PnPn1=12Pn2Pn1,n3