JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 28

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    A fair coin is tossed 10 times and the outcomes are listed. Let \[{{H}_{i}}\] be the event that the \[{{i}^{th}}\] outcome is a head and \[{{A}_{m}}\] be the event that the list contains exactly m heads. Then

    A) \[{{H}_{2}}\] and \[{{A}_{6}}\] are independent                          

    B) \[{{H}_{7}}\] and \[{{H}_{2}}\]are independent

    C) \[{{H}_{4}}\] and \[{{A}_{3}}\] are independent                        

    D) \[{{H}_{2}}\] and \[{{A}_{5}}\] are independent

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    [d] According to the question, \[P({{H}_{i}})=\frac{1}{2}\] and \[P({{A}_{m}})=\frac{^{10}{{C}_{m}}}{{{2}^{10}}}.\] Also,   \[P({{H}_{i}}\cap {{A}_{m}})=\frac{^{9}{{C}_{m-1}}}{{{2}^{10}}}\] Now, \[{{H}_{i}}\] and \[{{A}_{m}}\] to be independent events, if   \[\frac{^{9}{{C}_{m-1}}}{{{2}^{10}}}=\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{^{10}{{C}_{m}}}{{{2}^{10}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\frac{^{10}{{C}_{m}}}{^{9}{{C}_{m-1}}}=2\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\frac{\frac{10!}{m!(10-m)!}}{\frac{9!}{(10-m)!(m-1)!}}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\frac{10}{m}=2\Rightarrow m=5\]


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