Two dice are thrown independently. Let A be the event that the number appeared on the 1 st  die is less…

Two dice are thrown independently. Let A be the event that the number appeared on the 1st  die is less than the number appeared on the 2nd  die, B be the event that the number appeared on the 1st  die is even and that on the second die is odd, and C be the event that the number appeared on the 1st  die is odd and that on the 2nd  is even. Then
  1. The number of favourable cases of the event (AB)C is 6
  2. A and B are mutually exclusive
  3. The number of favourable cases of the events A, B and C are 15,6 and 6 respectively
  4. B and C are independent

Solution

Given, A: No. on 1st die < No. on 2nd  die

A=(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(1,5),(1,6),(2,3),(2,4),(2,5),(2,6),(3,4),(3,5),(3,6),(4,5),(4,6),(5,6)

 n(A)=15

B: No. on 1st  die =even & No. of 2nd  die = odd

B=(2,1),(2,3),(2,5),(4,1),(4,3),(4,5), (6,1),(6,3),(6,5)

 n(B)=9

C: No. on 1st  die =odd & No. on 2nd  die =even

C=(1,2),(1,4),(1,6),(1,2),(1,4),(1,6),(5,2),(5,4),(5,6)

 n(C)=9

Now,
n(AB)=3, n(AC)=6, n(BC)=0

n(ABC)=0

Since (4,5)A and (4,5)B

 A and B are not exclusive events

Now,

n((AB)C)=n(AC)+n(BC)-n(ABC)

=6

Since, P(B)=936, P(C)=936, P(BC)=0

P(B).P(C)P(BC)

B and C are not independent

Asked in: JEE Main 2023 (01 Feb Shift 2)

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