मराठी

A Person Buys a Lottery Ticket in 50 Lotteries, in Each of Which His Chance of Winning a Prize is 1/100. What is the Probability that He Will in a Prize (A) at Least Once (B) Exactly Once (C) at Least Twice? - Mathematics

Advertisements
Advertisements

प्रश्न

A person buys a lottery ticket in 50 lotteries, in each of which his chance of winning a prize is 1/100. What is the probability that he will in a prize (a) at least once (b) exactly once (c) at least twice?

Advertisements

उत्तर

Let X represent the number of winning prizes in 50 lotteries. The trials are Bernoulli trials.

Clearly, X has a binomial distribution with n = 50 and p = 1/100

(a) P (winning at least once) = P (X ≥ 1)

(b) P (winning exactly once) = P(X = 1)

(c) P (at least twice) = P(X ≥ 2)

 

shaalaa.com
  या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?
पाठ 13: Probability - Exercise 13.5 [पृष्ठ ५७७]

APPEARS IN

एनसीईआरटी Mathematics Part 1 and 2 [English] Class 12
पाठ 13 Probability
Exercise 13.5 | Q 10 | पृष्ठ ५७७
Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×