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A husband and a wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection is 17 and that of wife's selection is 15. What is the probability that both of them will be selected?

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Important Questions on Probability

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A husband and a wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection is 17 and that of wife's selection is 15. What is the probability that none of them will be selected ?

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A husband and a wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection is 17 and that of wife's selection is 15. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected ? 

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A husband and a wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection is 17  and that of wife's selection is 15. What is the probability that at least one of them will be selected ?

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A machine operates if all of its three components function. The probability that the first component fails during the year is 0.14, the probability that the second component fails is 0.10 and the probability that the third component fails is 0.05. What is the probability that the machine will fail during the year?

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A speaks truth in 60% of the cases, while B in 40% of the cases. In what percent of cases are they likely to contradict each other in stating the same fact?

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Ten Tickets are numbered 1 to 10. Two tickets are drawn one after the other at random. Find the probability that the number on one of the tickets is a multiple of 5 and the other a multiple of 4 when the tickets are drawn without replacement.

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Ten Tickets are numbered 1 to 10. Two tickets are drawn one after the other at random. Find the probability that the number on one of the tickets is a multiple of 5 and the other a multiple of 4 when the tickets are drawn with replacement.

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A bag contains 5 red discs and 4 blue discs. If 3 discs are drawn from the bag without replacement, then find the probability that all three are blue.