Practicing Success
Two integers x and y are chosen with replacement out of the set (0, 1, 2, 3,..., 10). Then the probability that |x - y| >5, is |
$\frac{81}{121}$ $\frac{30}{121}$ $\frac{25}{121}$ $\frac{20}{121}$ |
$\frac{30}{121}$ |
Since x and y each can take values from 0 to 10. So, the total number of ways of selecting x and y is 11 × 11 =121. Now,$| x-y|>5⇒x-y<-5$ or,$ x-y>5$ There are 30 pairs of values of x and y satisfying these two inequalities. So, favourable number of elementary events = 30. Hence, required probability $=\frac{30}{121}$ |