JEE AdvancedMathematicsProbabilityMCQ+3 / −1
Box contains three cards bearing numbers box contains five cards bearing numbers and box contains seven cards bearing numbers A card is drawn from each of the boxes. Let be number on the card drawn from the box, The probability that is odd, is
- A
- B
- C
- D
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Correct answer: B
- Let us find the probability of drawing an odd or even number from each box.
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Box 1 has cards
- Odd numbers: cards
- Even numbers: card
Hence,
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Box 2 has cards
- Odd numbers: cards
- Even numbers: cards
Hence,
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Box 3 has cards
- Odd numbers: cards
- Even numbers: ? Actually even numbers are cards
Hence,
- The sum is odd when the number of odd terms is odd.
For three numbers, this happens in two cases:
- exactly one odd and two even,
- all three odd.
So,
- Compute each term:
- Add them:
Convert to denominator :
Thus,
- Therefore, the correct option is which is Option B.
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