A. 4/9
B. 5/9
C. 7/9
D. 8/9
Explanation:
Two balls can be picked from nine balls in ⁹C₂ ways.
We select one white ball and one red ball from five white balls and four red balls. This can be done ⁵C₁ . ⁴C₁ ways.
The required probability = (5 * 4)/⁹C₂ = 20/36 = 5/9
Related Mcqs:
- A bag contains nine yellow balls, three white balls and four red balls. In how many ways can two balls be drawn from the bag?
A. ⁹C₂
B. ³C₂
C. ¹⁶C₂
D. ¹²C₂ - A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If four marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that none is blue?
A. 17/91
B. 33/91
C. 51/91
D. 65/91 - A bag contains 7 green and 8 white balls. If two balls are drawn simultaneously, the probability that both are of the same colour is -.
A. 8/15
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 7/15 - A basket has 5 apples and 4 oranges. Three fruits are picked at random. The probability that at least 2 apples are picked is__________?
A. 25/42
B. 9/20
C. 10/23
D. 41/42 - A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that they are all blue?
A. 1/455
B. 2/455
C. 1/91
D. 4/455 - A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that they are either blue or yellow?
A. 3/22
B. 4/21
C. 2/21
D. 1/14 - A bag contains a total of 93 coins in the form of one rupee and 50 paise coins. If the total value of coins in the bag is Rs.56, find the number of 50 paise coins in the bag?
A. 60
B. 56
C. 64
D. 74
E. None of these - There are two identical red, two identical black, and two identical white balls.In how many different ways can the balls be placed in the cells (Each cell to contain one ball) shown above such that balls of the same colour do not occupy any two consecutive cells?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 24
D. 30 - A box contains nine bulbs out of which 4 are defective. If four bulbs are chosen at random, find the probability that all the four bulbs are defective.
A. 62/63
B. 125/126
C. 1/63
D. 1/126 - A box contains nine bulbs out of which 4 are defective. If four bulbs are chosen at random, find the probability that at least one bulb is good.
A. 6/63
B. 2/63
C. 125/126
D. 1/126
