NCERT Class XII Mathematics Chapter - - Solutions

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Question : 13
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An instructor has a question bank consisting of 300 easy True/False questions, 200 difficult True/False questions, 500 easy multiple choice questions and 400 difficult multiple choice questions. If a question is selected at random from the question bank, what is the probability that it will be an easy question given that it is a multiple choice question?
Solution:  
Let E : ‘it is an easy question’ and F : ‘it is multiple choice question’
then E ∩ F : ‘it is an easy multiple choice question.’
Total number of questions = 300 + 200 + 500 + 400 = 1400
P(EF)=
500
1400
=
5
14
and P(F)=
500+400
1400
=
9
14

Hence, required probability =P(E|F)=
P(EF)
P(F)
=
5
9
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