Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Probability

Question:

A card is drawn from a pack of 52 playing cards. The card is replaced and the pack is reshuffled. If this is done six times, the probability that 2 hearts, 2 diamonds and 2 black cards are drawn is

Options:

$90× \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^6$

$\frac{45}{2}× \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^4$

$90× \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{10}$

none of these

Correct Answer:

$90× \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{10}$

Explanation:

We have,

Probability of getting a heart in a draw $=\frac{13}{52}=\frac{1}{4}$

Probability of getting a diamond in a draw $=\frac{13}{52}=\frac{1}{4}$

Probability of getting a black card in a draw $=\frac{26}{52}=\frac{1}{2}$

In 6 draws, 2 draws must contains hearts, 2 draws must contain diamond cards and 2 draws must contain blcak cards. This can happen in $ {^6C}_2×{^4C}_2×{^2C}_2 $ mutually exclusive ways and the probability of each such way is $\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^2 × \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^2 ×\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^2$

Hence, required probability 

$= {^6C}_2×{^4C}_2×{^2C}_2 × \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^2 × \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^2 ×\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^2= 90 ×\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{10}$