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MakcuM [25]
3 years ago
5

A pharmacist wishes to select three brands of aspirin to sell in his store. He has five major brands to choose from: A, B, C, D

and E. If he selects the three brands at random, what is the probability that he will select the following?
(a) brand B
(b) brands B and C
(c) at least one of the two brands B and C
Mathematics
1 answer:
san4es73 [151]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

(a) 0.6

(b) 0.3

(c) 0.9

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that a pharmacist wishes to select three brands of aspirin to sell in his store. He has five major brands to choose from: A, B, C, D and E.

Total number of ways to select 3 brands from total of 5 = ^{5}C_3 = \frac{5!}{3!*2!} = \frac{20}{2} = 10 .

In all the three parts denominators remains at 10

(a) If he selects the three brands at random, the probability that he will select brand B = one brand B will be selected and other 2 brands will be selected from the remaining 4 brands i.e. ^{1}C_1 * ^{4}C_2

So, required probability = \frac{^{1}C_1 * ^{4}C_2}{^{5}C_3} = \frac{6}{10} = 0.6

(b) The probability that he will select the brands B and C = Two brands will be selected of B and C and one brand will be selected from remaining 3 brands i.e.; ^{2}C_2 * ^{3}C_1

So, required probability = \frac{^{2}C_2 * ^{3}C_1}{^{5}C_3} = \frac{3}{10} = 0.3 .

(c) The probability that he will select at least one of the two brands B and C    

     = 1 - Probability that neither of the three brands are from B and C

     = 1 - Probability that all three brands are selected from the remaining

              brands of A, D and E

     =  1 - \frac{^{3}C_3}{^{5}C_3} =  1-\frac{1}{10} = \frac{9}{10} = 0.9 .

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