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  • Question
  • if from each of the three boxes containing 3 white and 1 black, 2 white and 2 black and 1 white and 3 black balls, one ball is drawn at random, then the probability that 2 white and 1 black ball will be drawn is?


  • Options
  • A. 13/32
  • B. 1/4
  • C. 1/32
  • D. 3/16

  • Correct Answer
  • 13/32 

    Explanation

    You can have
    W, W, B or W, B, W or B, W, W

    Reqd. probability
    = 3/4. 2/4. 3/4 + 3/4. 2/4. 1/4 + 1/4. 2/4. 1/4
    = 9/32 + 3/32 + 1/32 = 13/32


  • Probability problems


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    • 1. 
      A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. A card is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is neither a heart nor a king?

    • Options
    • A. 4/13
    • B. 9/13
    • C. 2/13
    • D. 4/13
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the drawn cards are both aces?

    • Options
    • A. 1/221
    • B. 2/13
    • C. 2/26
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      If four balls are picked at random, what is the probability that two are green and two are blue?

    • Options
    • A. 1/18
    • B. 1/70
    • C. 3/5
    • D. 1/2
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      If three balls are picked at random, what is the probability that atleast one is red?

    • Options
    • A. 1/2
    • B. 7/12
    • C. 11/12
    • D. 1/5
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      If two marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that both are red?

    • Options
    • A. 3/7
    • B. 1/2
    • C. 2/11
    • D. None of the these
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      A box contains 3 white and 2 red balls. If we draw one ball and ball and without replacing the first ball. The probability of drawing red ball in the second drawn is?

    • Options
    • A. 8/25
    • B. 2/5
    • C. 3/5
    • D. 21/25
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Three mangoes and three apples are kept in a box. if two fruits are chosen at random. find the probability that one is a mango and the other is an apple.

    • Options
    • A. 2/3
    • B. 3/5
    • C. 1/3
    • D. 1/5
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      The probability that a man will be alive for 10 more years is 1/4 and the probability that his wife will alive for 10 more years is 1/3 .The probability that none of them will be alive for 10 more years, is

    • Options
    • A. 5/12
    • B. 1/2
    • C. 7/12
    • D. 11/12
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      In a lottery 10000 tickets are sold and ten prizes are awarded. What is the probability of not getting a prize, if you buy one ticket?

    • Options
    • A. 9/10000
    • B. 9/10
    • C. 999/100
    • D. 9999/10000
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Tow persons A and B appear in an interview for two vacancies. If the probabilities of their selections are 1/3 and 1/6 respectively, then the probability that none of them is selected, is

    • Options
    • A. 5/8
    • B. 5/12
    • C. 1/12
    • D. 1/24
    • Discuss


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