Chapter 7 Probability Ex 7.1 Solutions

Balbharati Maharashtra State Board11th Commerce Maths Solution Book PdfChapter 7 Probability Ex 7.1 Questions and Answers.

Maharashtra State Board 11th Commerce Maths Solutions Chapter 7 Probability Ex 7.1

(ii) When a coin is tossed twice, the outcomes are HH, HT, TH, TT.
Let A be the event that the second throw results in the head when a coin is tossed twice followed by a die is thrown.
∴ A = {HH1, HH2, HH3, HH4, HH5, HH6, TH1, TH2, TH3, TH4, TH5, TH6}
The remaining outcomes i.e., HT, TT are followed by the tossing of a coin.
Let us consider this as event B.
∴ B = {HTT, HTH, TTT, TTH}
The sample space S of the experiment is A ∪ B.
∴ S = {HH1, HH2, HH3, HH4, HH5, HH6, TH1, TH2, TH3, TH4, TH5, TH6, HTT, HTH, TTT, TTH}
∴ n(S) = 16

(ii) B: getting a prime number
∴ B = {H2, H3, H5, T2, T3, T5}

(iii) C: getting a tail and a perfect square.
∴ C = {T1, T4}

(ii) There are 4 boys and 3 girls i.e., 7 students.
2 students can be selected from these 7 students in⁷C₂ways.
∴ n(S) =⁷C₂
=
= 21

(iii) 5 balls have to be placed in 5 cells in such a way that each cell is occupied.
∴ The first ball can be placed into one of the 5 cells in 5 ways, the second ball placed into one of the remaining 4 cells in 4 ways.
Similarly, the third, fourth, and fifth balls can be placed in 3 ways, 2 ways, and 1 way, respectively.
∴ a total number of ways of filling 5 cells such that each cell is occupied = 5!
= 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1
= 120
∴ n(S) = 120

(iv) Six students can be arranged in a row for a photograph in⁶P₆= 6! ways.
∴ n(S) = 6!
= 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1
= 720

(ii) Q: sum of the numbers on two dice is 7.
∴ Q = {(1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1)}

(iii) R: sum of the numbers on two dice is a prime number.
∴ R = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 4), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 3), (2, 5), (3, 2), (3, 4), (4, 1), (4, 3), (5, 2), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 5)}
(a) P and Q are mutually exclusive events as P ∩ Q = φ and
P ∪ Q = {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 6)} ≠ S
∴ P and Q are not exhaustive events as P ∪ Q ≠ S.

(b) Q ∩ R = {(1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1)}
∴ Q ∩ R ≠ φ
Also, Q ∪ R = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 4), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 3), (2, 5), (3, 2), (3, 4), (4, 1), (4, 3), (5, 2), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 5)} ≠ S
∴ Q and R are neither mutually exclusive nor exhaustive events.

(ii) If consideration of suits is taken into account, then one card can be drawn from each suit in¹³C₁×⁴C₁
= 13 × 4
= 52 ways.
∴ n(S) = 52

(ii) If the two cards are drawn without replacement, then the sample space is
S = {(5, 6), (5, 7), (5, 8), (6, 5), (6, 7), (6, 8), (7, 5), (7, 6), (7, 8), (8, 5), (8, 6), (8, 7)}