Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If $A$ is event of getting the sum of the numbers on two dice as greater…

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If $A$ is event of getting the sum of the numbers on two dice as greater than or equal to 8 and $B$ is the event of getting a number less than or equal to 3 on atleast one of the die. Then, $P(B / A)=$
  1. $\frac{5}{15}$
  2. $\frac{6}{15}$
  3. $\frac{7}{15}$
  4. $\frac{8}{15}$

Solution

Event $ \begin{aligned} & \begin{array}{l} A=(2,6),(3,5),(4,4),(5,3),(6,2),(3,6),(4,5),(5,4) \\ \quad(6,3),(4,6),(5,5),(6,4),(5,6),(6,5),(6,6) \end{array} \\ & \text { and event } A \cap B=(2,6),(3,5),(5,3),(6,2),(3,6),(6,3) \\ & \text { So, } P(B / A)=\frac{P(B \cap A)}{P(A)}=\frac{n(B \cap A)}{n(A)}=\frac{6}{15} \text { or } \frac{2}{5} . \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (22 Apr Shift 2)

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