JEE Advance - Mathematics (2008 - Paper 2 Offline - No. 20)
An experiment has 10 equally likely outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty events of the experiment. If A consists of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that B must have so that A and B are independent is :
2, 4 or 8
3, 6 or 9
4 or 8
5 or 10
Explanation
Given,
An experiment has 10 equally likely outcomes,
Let B have n no of outcomes,
So, $$P(B) = {n \over {10}}$$
$$P(A) = {4 \over {10}}$$
$$P(A \cap B) = {4 \over {10}} \times {n \over {10}} = {{{{2n} \over 5}} \over {10}}$$
Since, A and B are independent
n is an integer
n = 5 or 10
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