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Probability
Chapter-14: Probability
Harsha
Ganesh In this chapter, you have studied the following points:
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Theorem
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The probability of a sure event (or certain event) is 1.
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The probability of an impossible event is 0.
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Definition
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The probability of an event E is a number P(E ) such that
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An event having only one outcome is called an elementary
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Type event. The sum of the probabilities of all the elementary events
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of an experiment is 1.
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For any event E , P(E ) + P(E ) = 1, where E stands for ‘not
E ’. E and E are called complementary events.
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The probability of an impossible event is
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(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 0.5 (D) 1.5.
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Which of the following can be the probability of an event?
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(A) (B) −1.5 (C) 105% (D) 0.7.
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ASSERTION (A): Two coins are tossed simultaneously.
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Possible outcomes are two heads, one head and one tail, two
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tails. Hence, the probability of getting two heads is .
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REASON (R): Probabilities of ‘equally likely’ outcomes of an
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experiment are always equal.
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A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R)
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is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
B) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R)
is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
C) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
D) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
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eight is
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A) B) C) D) .
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If the probability of the letter chosen at random from the
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letters of the word “Mathematics” to be a vowel is ,
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then x is equal to
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A) B) C) D) .
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Write the value of P(E ) + P(E ) with reference to probability.
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If the probability of an event A is and n(A) = 2, then find
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the value of n(S).
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A box contains cards numbered from 6 to 70. If one card is
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the card will have
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Type (i) a perfect square number.
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(ii) a number divisible by 5.
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(iii) an odd number less than 30.
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Very Short A bag contains 20 red balls and some blue balls. If the
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probability of drawing a blue ball from the bag is the
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probability of drawing a red ball then, find the number of blue
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balls and total number of balls in the bag.
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If two fair dice are rolled simultaneously, then find the
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a) that the sum of the numbers on the top faces is less than 8
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Three fair coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability
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(i) at least two heads
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Choice On a particular day, Vidhi and Unnati couldn’t decide on who
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would get to drive the car. They had one coin each and flipped
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1. If Vidhi gets two heads in a row, she would drive the car
Type 2. If Unnati gets a head immediately followed by a tail, she
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would drive the car.
Who has greater probability to drive the car that day? Justify
your answer.
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