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Q23:
A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time. Hanif wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails, and loses otherwise. Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the game.
Solution :
Given: A game involves tossing a fair one-rupee coin 3 times. Hanif wins if all three tosses result in the same outcome (HHH or TTT). Hanif loses if the outcomes are not all the same.
To Find: The probability that Hanif will lose the game.
Step 1: Determining the Sample Space
When a coin is tossed once, there are 2 possible outcomes: Head (H) or Tail (T). When a coin is tossed 3 times, the total number of possible outcomes is $2^3 = 2 \times 2 \times 2 = 8$.
Let $S$ be the sample space representing all possible outcomes:
$S = \{HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT\}$
The total number of elementary events, $n(S) = 8$.
Step 2: Identifying Winning Outcomes
Hanif wins if all tosses result in the same outcome. These outcomes are:
Winning outcomes = $\{HHH, TTT\}$
Number of winning outcomes, $n(W) = 2$.
Step 3: Identifying Losing Outcomes
Hanif loses if the outcome is not one of the winning outcomes. These outcomes are:
Losing outcomes = $\{HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH\}$
Number of losing outcomes, $n(L) = n(S) - n(W) = 8 - 2 = 6$.
Step 4: Calculating the Probability of Losing
The probability of an event $E$ is given by the formula:
$P(E) = \frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of possible outcomes}}$
Let $L$ be the event that Hanif loses the game.
$P(L) = \frac{n(L)}{n(S)}$
$P(L) = \frac{6}{8}$
Step 5: Simplifying the Fraction
To simplify $\frac{6}{8}$, we divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
$P(L) = \frac{6 \div 2}{8 \div 2} = \frac{3}{4}$
Alternatively, using the complement rule:
$P(W) = \frac{n(W)}{n(S)} = \frac{2}{8} = \frac{1}{4}$
$P(L) = 1 - P(W)$ [Since the sum of probabilities of complementary events is 1]
$P(L) = 1 - \frac{1}{4} = \frac{3}{4}$
Final Answer: The probability that Hanif will lose the game is $\frac{3}{4}$ or $0.75$.
More Questions from Class 10 Mathematics Probability EXERCISE 14.1
- Q1(i): Complete the following statements: (i) Probability of an event $E$ + Probability of the event ‘not $E$’ = .
- Q1(ii): Complete the following statements: (ii) The probability of an event that cannot happen is . Such an event is called .
- Q1(iii): Complete the following statements: (iii) The probability of an event that is certain to happen is . Such an event is called .
- Q1(iv): Complete the following statements: (iv) The sum of the probabilities of all the elementary events of an experiment is .
- Q1(v): Complete the following statements: (v) The probability of an event is greater than or equal to and less than or equal to .
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- Q10(ii): A piggy bank contains hundred 50p coins, fifty ` 1 coins, twenty ` 2 coins and ten ` 5 coins. If it is equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, what is the probability that the coin (ii) will not be a ` 5 coin?
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- Q12(i): A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see Fig. 14.5 ), and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at (i) 8 ?
- Q12(ii): A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see Fig. 14.5 ), and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at (ii) an odd number?
- Q12(iii): A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see Fig. 14.5 ), and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at (iii) a number greater than 2?
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- Q13(ii): A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting (ii) a number lying between 2 and 6;
- Q13(iii): A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting (iii) an odd number.
- Q14(i): One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (i) a king of red colour
- Q14(ii): One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (ii) a face card
- Q14(iii): One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (iii) a red face card
- Q14(iv): One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (iv) the jack of hearts
- Q14(v): One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (v) a spade
- Q14(vi): One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting (vi) the queen of diamonds
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- Q17(i): (i) A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the lot. What is the probability that this bulb is defective?
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- Q18(ii): A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, find the probability that it bears (ii) a perfect square number
- Q18(iii): A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, find the probability that it bears (iii) a number divisible by 5.
- Q19(i): A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below: The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A?
- Q19(ii): A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below: The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (ii) D?
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- Q2(ii): Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes? Explain. (ii) A player attempts to shoot a basketball. She/he shoots or misses the shot.
- Q2(iii): Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes? Explain. (iii) A trial is made to answer a true-false question. The answer is right or wrong.
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- Q24(ii): A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that (ii) 5 will come up at least once? [Hint : Throwing a die twice and throwing two dice simultaneously are treated as the same experiment]
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- Q4: Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
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- Q9(i): A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (i) red ?
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- Q9(iii): A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (iii) not green?
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