CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    A bag contains 5 white and 3 black balls and 4 balls are successively drawn out and not replaced. The probability that they are alternately of different colours, is:

    A)  1/196                                   

    B)  2/7                       

    C)  1/7                       

    D)         13/56

    E)  3/7  

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Required probability \[=P(WBWB)+P(BWBW)\] \[=\left( \frac{^{5}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{3}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{4}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{2}}{{C}_{1}}}{^{8}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{7}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{6}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{5}}{{C}_{1}}} \right)\]                                 \[+\left( \frac{^{5}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{3}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{4}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{2}}{{C}_{1}}}{^{8}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{7}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{6}}{{C}_{1}}{{\times }^{5}}{{C}_{1}}} \right)\] \[=\frac{1}{14}+\frac{1}{14}\] \[=\frac{2}{14}=\frac{1}{7}\]


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