Home
Class 14
MATHS
Two balls are selected from a box contai...

Two balls are selected from a box containing 2 blue and 7 red balls. What is the probability that at least one ball is blue?

A

`(2)/(9)`

B

`(7)/(9)`

C

`(5)/(12)`

D

`(7)/(12)`

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
A
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 bag contains 6 red and 5 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random. The probability that the ball is blue is:

A bag contains 3 red, 6 white and 7 blue balls. Two balls are drawn one by one. What is the probability that first ball is white and second ball is blue when first drawn ball is not replaced in the bag?

There are 3 boxes with the following composition: Box I:7 Red +5 White +4 Blue balls: Box II 5 Red +6 White +3 Blue balls: Box III: 4 Red 3 White +2 Blue balls' One of the boxes is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it.What is the probability that the drawn ball is red?

The probability of selecting a red ball at random from a jar that contains only red, blue and orange balls is (1)/(4) The probability of selecting a blue ball at random from the same jar is (1)/(3) If the jar contains 10 orange balls, find the total number of balls in the jar.

The probability of selecting a red ball at random from a jar that contains only red, blue and orange balls is 1/4 . The probability of selecting a blue ball at random from the same jar is 1/3 . If the jar contains 10 orange balls, find the total number in the jar.

A bag contains 6 red balls,3 blue balls,and 5 green balls.Kevin draws 2 balls out of the bag. What is the probability that he gets a red ball and a blue ball?

A bag contains six blue balls and two orange balls Three balls are chosen at random and without replacement. The probability that at least one orange ball is chosen, is

A bag contains six blue balls and two orange balls. Three balls are chosen at random and without replacement. The probability that at least one orange ball is chosen, is

PUNEET DOGRA-PROBABILITY-PREV YEAR QUESTIONS
  1. The probability that in the random arrangement of the letters of the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A experiment consists of flipping a coin and then flipping it a second...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. If A and B are events such that P(A uu B) = 0.5, P(barB)= 0.8 and P(A/...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A box contains 6 distinct dolls. From this box, three dolls are random...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. There are 4 letters and 4 directed envelopes. These 4 letters are rand...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. In an examination, there are 3 multiple-choice questions and each ques...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Find the probability of 53 Sundays in an ordinary year.

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Three digital numbers are formed using the digits 0.2.4.6.8. A number ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A lot of 4 white and 4 red balls is randomly divided into two halves. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Two balls are selected from a box containing 2 blue and 7 red balls. W...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. The probability of guessing a correct answer is x/12. If the probabili...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. An observed event B can occure after one of the three events A(1), A(2...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. In the given figure graph of y=p(x)=x^(4)+ax^(3)+bx^(2)+cx+d is given ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 8 and 4 respectiv...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Three letters are randomly selected from the 26 capital letters of the...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A coin is tossed 10 times. The number of heads minus the number of tai...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. The probabilities of two events A and B are given as P(A)=0.8 and P(B)...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Two numbers X and Y are simultaneously drawn from the set (1.2.3.4.5.6...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. If P(A)=1//3, P(B) =3//4 and P(A uu B)=11//12, then what is P(B//A)?

    Text Solution

    |

  20. For a binomial distribution B(n.p). np=4 and variance npq=4//3. What i...

    Text Solution

    |