One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomly around a circular table. The conditional probability that the Indian man is seated adjacent to his wife given that each American man is seated adjacent to his wife, is |
$\frac{1}{2}$ $\frac{1}{3}$ $\frac{2}{5}$ $\frac{1}{5}$ |
$\frac{2}{5}$ |
Let A denote the event that each American man is seated adjacent to his wife and B denote the event that Indian man is seated adjacent to his wife. Then, Required probability = P(B/A) Number of ways in which Indian man sits adjacent to his wife when each man is seated adjacents $=\frac{\text{to his wife}}{\text{Number of ways in which each American man is seated adjacent to his wife}}$ $=\frac{(2!)^5×(5-1)!}{(2!)^4(6-1)!}=\frac{2}{5}$ |