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5 horses are in a race. Mr.Jain selects two of horses at random and bets on them. Probability that he selected the winning horse is,
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- There are 5 horses.
Probability of wining one horse is = 1/5.
Probability of wining 2 selected horses= (1/5)+(1/5)= 2/5.
Answer is 2/5. - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
- Total Sample Space= 5
Mr. jain chooses 2 horses out of which 1 is the winning horse i.e event 2C1
probility =2C1/5=2/5 - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- there r five horses from which select two horses random =5c2
from this select two horses probability is =2c1/5c2=1/5,
for winning one horse probability is =2*1/5=2/5.
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