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If 12 identical balls are to be placed in 3 identical boxes, then the probability that one of the boxes contains exactly 3 balls, is

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Important Questions on Fundamentals of Probability

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If A and B are two events such that PAB¯=16, PAB=14 and PA¯=14, where A¯ stands for the complement of the event A. Then, the events A and B are
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Four numbers are chosen at random (without replacement) from the set 1,2,3,,20

Statement I: The probability that the chosen numbers when arranged in some order will form an AP is 185.

Statement II: If the four chosen numbers form an AP, then the set of all possible values of common difference is ±1,±2,±3,±4,±5.

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A die is thrown. Let, A be the event that the number obtained is greater than 3 and B be the event that the number obtained is less than 5. Then, PAB is
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Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without consulting others. The probability that all the three apply for the same house, is
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The probability that A speaks truth is 45, while this probability for B is 34. The probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact,is
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Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses at random and bets on them. The probability that Mr. A selected the winning horse, is
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Events A, B and C are mutually exclusive events such that PA=3x+13, PB=1-x4 and PC=1-2x2. The set of possible values of x are in the interval
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A and B play a game, where each is asked to select a number from 1 to 25 . If the two numbers match, both of them win a prize. The probability that they will not win a prize in a single trial, is