NCERT Class XII Mathematics Chapter - - Solutions

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Question : 71
Total: 101
Five cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that
(i) all the five cards are spades?
(ii) only 3 cards are spades?
(iii) none is a spade?
Solution:  
Let p be the probability of drawn card is spade =
13
52
=
1
4

q=1
1
4
=
3
4

X has a binomial distribution with n=5,p=
1
4
,q=
3
4

P(X=r)=nCrqnrpr
(i) P (all five cards are spades) = P(X = 5)
=5C5q0p5 =1×1×(
1
4
)
5
=
1
1024

(ii) P (only 3 cards are spades) = P(X = 3)
=5C3q2p3 =10×(
3
4
)
2
×(
1
4
)
3
=
45
512

(iii) P (none is a spade) = P(X = 0) =5C0q5p0 =1×(
3
4
)
5
×1
=
243
1024
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