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  • If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that two are blue and one is yellow?


  • Options
  • A. 3/91
  • B. 1/5
  • C. 18/455
  • D. 7/15

  • Correct Answer
  • 18/455 

    Explanation

    Ways of selection of two blue marbles = 4C2
    Ways of selection of one yellow marble = 3C1
    Ways of selection of three marbles = 15C3
    So, required probability = (4C2 x 3C1) / (15C3)
    = [4!/{2! (4 - 2)!} x 3!/{1! (3 - 1)!}] / [15! / {3! (15 - 3)!}]
    = [(4 x 3 x 2 x 1) / (2 x 1 x 2 x 1)] x [(3 x 2 x 1) / (1 x 2 x 1)] / [ (15 x 14 x 13 x 12!) / (3 x 2 x 12!)]
    = (6 x 3) / (5 x 7 x 13)
    = 18 / 455


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    • 1. 
      If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that both marbles are red?

    • Options
    • A. 1/6
    • B. 1/3
    • C. 2/15
    • D. None of the above
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    • 2. 
      An urn contains 3 red and 4 green marbles. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that two are green and one is red?

    • Options
    • A. 3/7
    • B. 18/35
    • C. 5/14
    • D. 4/21
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    • 3. 
      A committee of 3 members is to be selected to be selected out of 3 man and 2 women . What is the probability that the committee has at least one women?

    • Options
    • A. 1/10
    • B. 9/20
    • C. 9/10
    • D. 1/20
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    • 4. 
      A number is selected at random from the set {1, 2, 3, ........, 50}. The probability that it is a prime, is

    • Options
    • A. 0.1
    • B. 0.2
    • C. 0.3
    • D. 0.3
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    • 5. 
      Let E be the set of all integers with 1 at their unit places. The probability that a number chosen from {2, 3, 4, ............, 50} is an element of E, is?

    • Options
    • A. 5/49
    • B. 4/49
    • C. 3/49
    • D. 2/49
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    • 6. 
      If four marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is blue?

    • Options
    • A. 4/15
    • B. 69/91
    • C. 11/15
    • D. 22/91
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    • 7. 
      If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that either both are green or both are yellow?

    • Options
    • A. 5/91
    • B. 1/35
    • C. 1/3
    • D. 4/105
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    • 8. 
      If four marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that one is green, two are blue and one is red?

    • Options
    • A. 24/455
    • B. 13/35
    • C. 11/15
    • D. 7/91
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      If two caps are picked at random, what is the probability that both are blue?

    • Options
    • A. 1/6
    • B. 1/10
    • C. 1/12
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      If four caps are picked at random, what is the probability that none is green?

    • Options
    • A. 7/99
    • B. 5/99
    • C. 7/12
    • D. 5/12
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