J & K CET Engineering J and K - CET Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    A drawer contains 5 brown socks and 4 blue socks well mixed. A man reaches the drawer and pulls out 2 socks at random. The probability that they match is

    A)  \[\frac{4}{9}\]

    B)  \[\frac{5}{8}\]

    C)  \[\frac{5}{9}\]

    D)  \[\frac{5}{12}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Total number of ways \[{{=}^{9}}{{C}_{2}}\] Required probability \[=\frac{^{5}{{C}_{2}}{{\times }^{4}}{{C}_{0}}}{^{9}{{C}_{2}}}+\frac{^{5}{{C}_{0}}{{\times }^{4}}{{C}_{2}}}{^{9}{{C}_{2}}}\] \[=\frac{5\times 4}{9\times 8}+\frac{4\times 3}{9\times 8}=\frac{32}{9\times 8}\] \[=\frac{4}{9}\]


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