Question 12 Marks
A bag contains 7 red, 5 white and 8 black balls. If four balls are drawn one by one with replacement, what is the probability that
any two are white?
any two are white?
Answer
View full question & answer→Let P be the probability of getting 1 white ball out of 7 red, 5 white and 8 black balls. so
$\text{p}=\frac{5}{20}$
$\text{p}=\frac{1}{4}$
$\text{q}=1-\frac{1}{4}$ [Since p + q = 1]
Let X denote the random variable of number of selecting white ball with replacement out of 4 balls. probability of getting r white balls out of n balls is given by
$\text{P}(\text{x = r})=\text{ }^\text{n}\text{c}_\text{r}\text{p}^{\text{r}}\text{q}^{\text{n}-\text{r}}$
$=\text{ }^4\text{c}_{\text{r}}\big(\frac{1}{4}\big)^{\text{r}}\big(\frac{3}{4}\big)^{4-\text{r}}\dots(1)$
Prop that any two are white $=\text{P}(\text{X}=2)=\text{ }^4\text{c}_2\big(\frac{1}{4}\big)^2\big(\frac{3}{4}\big)^{4-2}=\frac{54}{256}=\frac{27}{128}$
$\text{p}=\frac{5}{20}$
$\text{p}=\frac{1}{4}$
$\text{q}=1-\frac{1}{4}$ [Since p + q = 1]
Let X denote the random variable of number of selecting white ball with replacement out of 4 balls. probability of getting r white balls out of n balls is given by
$\text{P}(\text{x = r})=\text{ }^\text{n}\text{c}_\text{r}\text{p}^{\text{r}}\text{q}^{\text{n}-\text{r}}$
$=\text{ }^4\text{c}_{\text{r}}\big(\frac{1}{4}\big)^{\text{r}}\big(\frac{3}{4}\big)^{4-\text{r}}\dots(1)$
Prop that any two are white $=\text{P}(\text{X}=2)=\text{ }^4\text{c}_2\big(\frac{1}{4}\big)^2\big(\frac{3}{4}\big)^{4-2}=\frac{54}{256}=\frac{27}{128}$