Home
Class 14
MATHS
A problem is given to three students...

A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are ` 1/2 , 1/3 and 1/4` respectively . What is the probability that the problem will be solved ?

A

`(1)/(24)`

B

`(1)/(4)`

C

`(3)/(4)`

D

`(23)/(24)`

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
C
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • PROBABILITY

    PUNEET DOGRA|Exercise PREV YEAR QUESTIONS|159 Videos

  • POINT & LINE

    PUNEET DOGRA|Exercise PREV YEAR QUESTIONS |105 Videos

  • PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES

    PUNEET DOGRA|Exercise PREV YEAR QUESTION|30 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will not be solved?

A problem on mathematics is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4, respectively, find the probability that the problem will be solved.

A problem in probability was given to three CA students A,B and C whose chances of solving it are 1/3,1/5 and 1/2 respectively.What is the probability that the problem would be solved.

A problem of mathematics is given to three students A, B, and C, whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 respectively. Then find the probability that the problem will be solved.

A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6 respectively. Find the probability that the problem is solved.

A question is given to theree students A,B and C whose chances of solving it are (1)/(2),(1)/(3) and (1)/(4) respectively. What is the probaility that the question will be solved ?

A problem in mathematics is given to three students whose chances of solving it correctly are 1/2,1/3 and 1/4' respectively.what is the probability that only one of,them solves it correctly?

A problem is given to three students A, B and C whose probabilities of solving the problem are (1)/(2),(3)/(4) and (1)/(4) respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved if they all slove the problem independently?

A problem is given to 3 students A, B and C whose chances of solving it are (1)/(2),(1)/(3) and (1)/(4) are respectively. Then the probability of the problem being solved by exactly one of them, if all the three try independently, is

PUNEET DOGRA-PROBABILITY-PREV YEAR QUESTIONS
  1. Let A and B are two mutually exclusive events with P(A)= (1)/(3) and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A committee of two persons is constituted from two men and two women. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Five sticks of length 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 feet are given. Three of these ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A point is chosen at random inside a circle. What is the probability t...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A salesman has a 70% change to sell a product to any customer. The beh...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. A special dice with numbers 1,-1, 2, -2.0 and 3 is thrown thrice. What...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. There is 25% chance that it rains on any particular day. What is proba...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A student appears for tests I. II and III. The student is considered s...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Three candidates solve a question. Odds in favour of the correct answe...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A medicine is known to be 75% effective to cure a patient. If the medi...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. For two events. A and B. it is given that P(A)= (3)/(5), P(B)= (3)/(10...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A machine has three parts. A. B and C, whose chances of being defectiv...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Three independent events. A(1), A(2) and A(3) occur with probabilities...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. In a series of 3 one-day cricket matches between teams A and B of a co...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Let the random variable X follow B(6.p). If 16P(X=4)=P(X=2), then what...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A point is chosen at random inside a rectangle measuring 6 inches by 5...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A fair coin is tossed 100 times. What is the probability of getting ta...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that the...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Two independent events A and B have P(A)= (1)/(3) and P(B)= (3)/(4) Wh...

    Text Solution

    |