A bag has 10 balls. Six ball are drawn in an attempt and replaced. Then another draw of 5 balls is made from the bag. The probability that exactly two
A bag has 10 balls. Six ball are drawn in an attempt and replaced. Then
another draw of 5 balls is made from the bag. The probability that exactly
two balls are common to both the draw is
`5//21`
b. `2//21`
c. `7//21`
d. `3//21`
A. `5//21`
B. `2//21`
C. `7//21`
D. `3//21`
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Correct Answer - A
The total number of ways of making the second draw is `.^(10)C_(5)`.
The number of draws of 5 balls containing 2 balls common with first draw of 6 balls is `.^(6)C_(2).^(4)C_(3)`. Therefore, the probability is
`(.^(6)C_(2).^(4)C_(3))/(.^(10)C_(5) )= (5)/(21)`
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