One ticket is selected at random from 50 tickets numbered $00,01,02, \ldots, 49$. Then the probability that…

One ticket is selected at random from 50 tickets numbered $00,01,02, \ldots, 49$. Then the probability that the sum of the digits on the selected ticket is 8 , given that the product of these digits is zero, equals
  1. $\frac{1}{14}$
  2. $\frac{1}{7}$
  3. $\frac{5}{14}$
  4. $\frac{1}{50}$

Solution

$ S=\{00,01,02, \ldots .49\} $ Let $A$ be the even that sum of the digits on the selected ticket is 8 then $ A=\{08,17,26,35,44\} $ Let $B$ be the event that the product of the digits is zero $ B=\{00,01,02,03, \ldots .09,10,20,30,40\} $ $A \cap B=\{8\}$ $ \text { Required probability }=P(A / B)=\frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}=\frac{\frac{1}{50}}{\frac{14}{50}}=\frac{1}{14} $

Asked in: JEE Main 2009

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