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A lot consists of 144 ballpoint pens of which 20 are defective and others good. Tanvy will buy a pen if it is good, but will not buy it if is defective. The shopkeeper draws one pen at random and gives it to her. What is the probability that (i) she will buy it, (ii) she will not buy it? |
Answer» Correct Answer - ` (i) 31/36 (ii) 5/36` Total number of pens = 144. Number of defective pens = 20. Numbers of non-defective pens = 144-20 = 124. (i) P(buying the pen) = P(getting a non-defective pen) = ` (124)/(144) = 31/36`. (ii) P(not buying the pen ) = P(getting a defective pen) = 20/144 = 5/35`. |
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