1. Six playing cards are lying face down on a table, two of them are kings. Two cards are drawn at random. Let a denote the probability that at least one of the cards drawn is a king, and b denote the probability of not drawing a king. The ratio a/b is
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By: anil on 05 May 2019 02.37 am
There are 6 cards and 2 out of the 6 cards are kings.
Number of ways of selecting 2 cards = 6C2 = 15 ways.
Number of ways in which 2 cards can be selected such that both of them are King = 2C2 = 1
Number of ways in which 2 cards can be selected such that exactly one of them is a King = 2C1*4C1 = 8
=> a = (1+8)/15 = 9/15
b = 1-(9/15) = 6/15
a/b = 9/6 = 1.5
1.5 > 1.25
Therefore, option E is the right answer.
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Number of ways of selecting 2 cards = 6C2 = 15 ways.
Number of ways in which 2 cards can be selected such that both of them are King = 2C2 = 1
Number of ways in which 2 cards can be selected such that exactly one of them is a King = 2C1*4C1 = 8
=> a = (1+8)/15 = 9/15
b = 1-(9/15) = 6/15
a/b = 9/6 = 1.5
1.5 > 1.25
Therefore, option E is the right answer.