In a lottery, there are 35 tickets in all, 10 bearing prize numbers and 25 are blanks. A lady draws 2 tickets at random. What is the probability that she will win one prize.
Number of tickets = (10 with prizes + 25 blanks) = 35
Two tickets are drawn at random
Equally, likely exhaustive outcomes = n(S) =
Event A: No prize winning ticket is drawn.
[∵ None from 10 prize winning tickets and 2 from other 25]
∴ P(C) = Probability that she wins no prize =
A bag contains 3 red balls bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 (one number on one ball) ; and two black balls bearing numbers 4 and 6. A ball is drawn, its number noted and the ball is replaced in the bag. Then another ball is drawn and its number noted. Find the probability of drawing:
(i) 2 on the first draw and 6 on the second draw.
(ii) a number ≤ 2 on the first draw and 4 on the second draw.
(iii) a total of 5.