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2007 WAEC Mathematics Theory Out of the 24 apples in a box, 6 are bad. If three apples are...

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WAEC 2007

Out of the 24 apples in a box, 6 are bad. If three apples are taken from the box at random, with replacement, find the probability that :

(a) the first two are good and the third is bad ;

(b) all three are bad ;

(c) all the three are good.

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Explanation

(a) \(P(Good) = \frac{18}{24} = \frac{3}{4}\)

\(P(Bad) = \frac{6}{24} = \frac{1}{4}\)

P(2 are good and 1 bad) = \(\frac{3}{4} \times \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{1}{4}\)

= \(\frac{9}{64}\)

(b) P(the 3 are bad) = \(\frac{1}{4} \times \frac{1}{4} \times \frac{1}{4}\)

= \(\frac{1}{64}\)

(c) P(the 3 are good) = \(\frac{3}{4} \times \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{3}{4}\)

= \(\frac{27}{64}\)


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