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A box contains 150 bulbs out of which 15 are defective. It is not possible to just look at a bulb and tell whether or not it is defective. One bulb is taken out at random from this box. Calculate the probability that the bulb taken out is a defective one.

Important Questions on Probability

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4 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 16 good ones. It is not possible to just look at a pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is drawn at random from the lot. What is the probability that the pen is defective ?
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Suppose the pen drawn in (i) is defective and is not replaced. Now one more pen is drawn at random from the rest. What is the probability that this pen is (a) defective ? (b) not defective ?

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A bag contains 100 identical marble stones which are numbered from 1 to 100. If one stone is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability that it bears  a perfect square number.

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A bag contains 100 identical marble stones which are numbered from 1 to 100. If one stone is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability that it bears a number divisible by 4.

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A bag contains 100 identical marble stones which are numbered from 1 to 100. If one stone is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability that it bears a number divisible by 5.

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A bag contains 100 identical marble stones which are numbered from 1 to 100. If one stone is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability that it bears a number divisible by 4 or 5.

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A bag contains 100 identical marble stones which are numbered from 1 to 100. If one stone is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability that it bears a number divisible by 4 and 5.

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A circle with diameter 20cm is drawn somewhere on a rectangular piece of paper with length 40cm and width 30cm. This paper is kept horizontal on table top and a dice, very small in size, is dropped on the rectangular paper without seeing towards it. If the dice falls and lands on the paper only, find the probability that it will fall and land inside the circle. [Use, π=227]