(a) Edem and his wife were invited to a dinner by a family of 5. They all sat in such a way in such a way that Edem sat next to his wife. Find the number of...
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(a) Edem and his wife were invited to a dinner by a family of 5. They all sat in such a way in such a way that Edem sat next to his wife. Find the number of ways of seating them in a row.
(b) A bag contains 4 red and 5 black identical balls. If 5 balls are selected at random, one after the other with replacement, find the probability that :
(i) a red ball was picked 3 times ; (ii) a black ball was picked at most 2 times.
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(a) Edem and his wife join a family of 5, so 7 people sit in a row with Edem next to his wife.
Tie Edem and his wife into a single block. Then there are \(6\) units to arrange in a row:
\[6!=720\]Within the block, Edem and his wife can swap in \(2!=2\) ways. Total:
\[720\times 2=1440\ \text{ways}\](b) Bag of 4 red and 5 black (total 9), 5 draws with replacement, so \(P(R)=\dfrac49,\ P(B)=\dfrac59\).
(i) Red picked exactly 3 times:
\[{}^{5}C_3\left(\tfrac49\right)^{3}\left(\tfrac59\right)^{2}=10\cdot\frac{64}{729}\cdot\frac{25}{81}=\frac{16000}{59049}\approx 0.2710\](ii) Black picked at most 2 times (0, 1 or 2), with \(P(B)=\tfrac59\):
\[P(0)=\left(\tfrac49\right)^{5}=\frac{1024}{59049}\]\[P(1)={}^{5}C_1\left(\tfrac59\right)\left(\tfrac49\right)^{4}=\frac{6400}{59049}\]\[P(2)={}^{5}C_2\left(\tfrac59\right)^{2}\left(\tfrac49\right)^{3}=\frac{16000}{59049}\]\[P(\le 2)=\frac{1024+6400+16000}{59049}=\frac{23424}{59049}\approx 0.3967\]Download The App On Google Playstore
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