BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2006

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    An integer is chosen at random from first two hundred numbers. Then, the probability that the integer chosen is divisible by 6 or 8 is:

    A)  \[\frac{1}{4}\]                  

    B)         \[\frac{2}{4}\]                  

    C)  \[\frac{3}{4}\]                  

    D)         None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    ­Given, one integer is chosen at random from the first 200 positive integers and integer chosen is divisible by 6 or 8 \[\therefore \] One integer can be chosen out of 200 integers in\[{{\,}^{200}}{{C}_{1}}\]ways. Let A be the event that an integer selected is divisible by 6 and B that it is divisible by 8.                 Then,    \[P(A)=\frac{33}{200},P(B)=\frac{25}{200}\]                 and        \[P(A\cap B)=\frac{8}{200}\]                 \[\therefore \]  \[P(A\cup B)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A\cap B)\]                 \[=\frac{33}{200}+\frac{25}{200}-\frac{8}{200}=\frac{1}{4}.\]


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