NCERT Class XII Mathematics Chapter - - Solutions

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Question : 87
Total: 101
An urn contains 25 balls of which 10 balls bear a mark ‘X’ and the remaining 15 bear a mark ‘Y’. A ball is drawn at random from the urn, its mark is noted down and it is replaced. If 6 balls are drawn in this way, find the probability that
(i) all will bear ‘X’ mark.
(ii) not more than 2 will bear ‘Y’ mark.
(iii) at least one ball will bear ‘Y’ mark.
(iv) the number of balls with ‘X’ mark and ‘Y’ mark will be equal.
Solution:  
p be the probability of drawing a ball with mark X =
10
25
=
2
5

q be the probability of drawing a ball with mark Y =
15
25
=
3
5

Let X has a binomial distribution n=6,p=
2
5
,q=
3
5

P(X=r)=nCr(q)nrpr
(i) P (all balls bear ‘X’ mark) =P(x=6) =6C6q0p6 =1×1×(
2
5
)
6
=(
2
5
)
6

(ii) P(Not more than 2 balls bear ‘Y’ mark)
= P(at least 4 balls bear ‘X’ mark)
∴ Required probability = P(X = 4) + P(X = 5) + P(X = 6)
=6C4q2p4+6C5qp5+6C6q0p6
=15(
3
5
)
2
(
2
5
)
4
+6(
3
5
)
(
2
5
)
5
+(1)(1)(
2
5
)
6
=7(
2
5
)
4

(iii) P (at least one ball will bear ‘Y’ mark) = P (at most 5 balls will bear ‘X’ mark)
Required probability = P(X ≤ 5) = 1 – P(X = 6)
=16C6q0p6
=1(1)(1)(
2
5
)
6

=1(
2
5
)
6

(iv) P (No. of balls with ‘X’ mark) = P(No. of balls with ‘Y’ mark)
P(X=3)=P(Y=3) =6C3q3p3
=20(
3
5
)
3
(
2
5
)
3
=
864
3125
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