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There Are Three Events A, B, C One of Which Must and Only One Can Happen, the Odds Are 8 to 3 Against A, 5 to 2 Against B. Find the Odds Against C.

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ICSE-PROBABILITY -EXERCISE 22 (F)
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  2. The probability of an event A occuring is 0.5 and of B is 0.3 If A and...

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  3. A box contains 25 tickets numbered 1 to 25 Two tickets are drawn at ra...

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  4. A bag contains 7 white, 5 black and 4 red balls. Four balls are drawn ...

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  5. A and B are two mutually exclusive events of an experiment: If P(not A...

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  6. A and B are three mutually exclusive events . If P(A)=0.5and P(overli...

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  7. A,B and C are three mutually exclusive events associated with a rando...

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  8. An experiment yields 3 mutually exclusive and exclusive events A, B an...

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  9. In a single throw of two dice, find the probability that neither a ...

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  10. Two unbiased dice are thrown . Find the probability that the sum of th...

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  11. Two dice are thrown together , what is the probabability that the sum ...

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  12. In a given race , the odds in favour of horses A,B,C and D are 1 : 3 ,...

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  13. 100 students appeared for two examinations .60 passed the first , 50 p...

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  14. A card is drawn from a deck of 2 cards. Find the probability of get...

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  15. From a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, 4 cards are drawn at random....

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  16. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of cards . What is...

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  17. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Fi...

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  18. If a card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards, then find the probability ...

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  19. There Are Three Events A, B, C One of Which Must and Only One Can Happ...

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  20. In a group of students , there are 3 boys and 3 girls . Four students ...

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