JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 10-Jan-2019 Morning)

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    An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a head then a pair of unbiased dice is rolled and the sum of the numbers obtained on them is noted. If the toss of the coin results in tail then a card from a well- shuffled pack of nine cards numbered 1, 2, 3, ....... 9 is randomly picked and the number on the card is noted. The probability that the noted number is either 7 or 8 is - [JEE Main Online Paper (Held On 10-Jan-2019 Morning]

    A) \[\frac{19}{36}\]                                   

    B) \[\frac{15}{72}\]   

    C) \[\frac{13}{36}\]           

    D)                  \[\frac{19}{72}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Sum of number of dice is 7 (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4) (6, 1), (5, 2), (4, 3) Sum of number of dice is 8 (2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 4), (6, 2), (5, 3) \[P\left( \overset{sum}{\mathop{7\,\,o}}\,r\text{ }8 \right)=\frac{11}{36}\] (Head + dice sum 7 or 8) (tail 1 + 7 or 8 appear) \[P\left( A \right)=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{11}{36} \right)\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,+\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{2}{9} \right)\] \[=\,\,\,\frac{11}{72}+\frac{1}{9}=\frac{19}{72}\]


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