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Question
Hundred students appeared for two examinations. 60 passed the first, 50 passed the second, and 30 passed in both. Find the probability that student selected at random passed in exactly one examination.
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Solution
Out of a hundred students, 1 student can be selected in 100C1 = 100 ways.
∴ n(S) = 100
Let A be the event that student passed in the first examination.
Let B be the event that student passed in the second examination.
∴ n(A) = 60, n(B) = 50 and n(A ∩ B) = 30
∴ P(A) = `("n"("A"))/("n"("S")) = 60/100 = 6/10`
∴ P(B) = `("n"("B"))/("n"("S")) = 50/100 = 5/10`
∴ P(A ∩ B) = `("n"("A" ∩ "B"))/("n"("S")) = 30/100 = 3/10`
P(student passed in exactly one examination)
= P(A) +P(B) − 2.P(A ∩ B)
= `6/10 - 5/10 + 2(3/10)`
= `5/10`
= `1/2`
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