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Five cards — the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random.(i) What is the probability that the card is the queen?(ii) If the queen is drawn and put a side, what is the probability that the second card picked up isa). an ace?b). a queen? |
Answer» Total no. of possible outcomes = 5 {5 cards} (i) E ⟶ event of getting a good pen. No. of favourable outcomes = 132 {132 good pens} P (E) = (No.of favorable outcomes)/(Total no.of possible outcomes) ∴ P(E) = 1/5 (ii) If queen is drawn & put aside, Total no. of remaining cards = 4 (a) E ⟶ event of getting a queen. No. of favourable outcomes = 1 {1 ace card} Total no. of possible outcomes = 4 {4 remaining cards} P(E) = 1/4 (b) E ⟶ event of getting a good pen. No. of favourable outcomes = 0 {there is no queen} P(E) = 0/4=0 ∵ E is known as impossible event. |
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