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1. Total books in library = 3000 + 4000 = 7000 ⇒ Total number of outcomes = 36

\ P(selecting a fiction book) Outcomes favourable to the event ‘‘no prime on both the
Number of fiction books 3000 3 dice’’ are {(1, 1), (1, 4), (1, 6), (4, 1), (4, 4), (4, 6), (6, 1),
= = = (6, 4), (6, 6)}.
Total number of books 7000 7
2. Total number of cards = 48 ⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 9
(i) Numbers divisible by 4 are 4, 8, 12, ...., 48 9 1
\ P(getting no prime on both dice) = =
⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 12 36 4
8. There are 52 well shuffled cards.
12 1
\ P(number divisible by 4) = = ⇒ Total number of possible outcomes = 52
48 4
Also, there are 13 diamond cards.
(ii) Perfect square numbers are 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 and 49. ⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 13
⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 6 13 1
\ P(getting diamond card) = =
6 1 52 4
\ P(number is perfect square) = =
48 8 9. Possible outcomes are {HH, HT, TH, TT}.
3. Total number of possible outcomes = 12 ⇒ Total number of outcomes = 4
(i) Number of favourable outcomes = 3 Favourable outcomes are {HT, TH}
3 1 ⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 2
\ P(selecting an extremely patient person) = =
12 4 2 1
\ Required probability = =
(ii) Number of persons who are extremely honest is 6. 4 2
\ Number of persons who are extremely kind 10. When King, Queen, Jack of clubs and diamonds are
= 12 − (6 + 3) = 3 removed, then total number of outcomes = 52 – 6 = 46
⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 6 + 3 = 9 (i) Number of favourable outcomes = 13 + 10 = 23
\ P(selecting an extremely kind or honest person) 23 1
\ P(getting a red card) = =
9 3 46 2
= = (ii) Number of favourable outcomes = 6
12 4
6 3
4. Here, total number of possible outcomes = 100 \ P(getting a face card) = =
46 23
Cube numbers from 1 to 100 are 1, 8, 27, 64.
⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 4 (iii) Number of favourable outcomes = 13
4 1 13
= \ P(getting a spade card) =
\ P(getting a cube number) = 46
100 25
5. Total number of possible outcomes = 52 (iv) Number of favourable outcomes = 2
There is only 1 card of ‘6 of spade’. 2 1
\ P(getting a black ace) = =
⇒ Number of favourable outcome = 1 46 23
\ P(getting ‘6 of spade’) 11. Total number of cards = 100 + 200 + 50 = 350
Number of favourable outcomes 1 (i) Number of favourable outcomes = 50
= =
Total number of possible outco omes 52 50 1
\ P(getting a blue card) = =
6. There are no black diamond cards in playing cards. 350 7
⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 0 (ii) Number of favourable outcomes = 350 – 200 = 150
0 150 3
\ P(getting a black diamond card) = =0 \ P(getting not a yellow card) = =
50 350 7
7. Possible outcomes of the experiment are {(1, 1), (iii) Number of favourable outcomes = 100
(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4),
\ P(getting neither yellow nor a blue card) = P(getting
(2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1),
(4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), 100 2
a red card) = =
(5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)} 350 7
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