Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Probability-12 (MPMET-2008)

What is the probability of getting exactly 60 marks in a paper of 100 marks?
(A)60/100      (B)1/100         (C)1/101         (D)60/101
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4 comments:

  1. Answer = 1/101

    Since there are 101 possibilities starting from 0,1,2,3....,99,100 and getting one particular mark (60) out of 101 possible marks is 1/101

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  2. That's a right answer TSK. The general mistake done here is not considering '0' marks and landing at a wrong answer 1/100.

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  3. 1/100 only one 60 in b/w 1 to 100

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    1. Answer is 1/101. pl check the other comments.

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