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A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining 51 cards, n cards are drawn and are found to be spades. If the probability of the lost card to be a spade is frac1150, then n is equal to

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Solution & Explanation

### Core Logic Let E_1 be the event that the lost card is a spade, and E_2 be the event that the lost card is not a spade. P(E_1) = frac1352 = frac14 quad textand quad P(E_2) = frac3952 = frac34 Let A be the event that n cards drawn from the remaining 51 cards are all spades. - If the lost card was a spade (E_1), there are 12 spades left out of 51: P(A|E_1) = fracbinom12nbinom51n - If the lost card was not a spade (E_2), there are 13 spades left out of 51: P(A|E_2) = fracbinom13nbinom51n ### Step 1: Applying Bayes Theorem We are given the posterior probability that the lost card is a spade, P(E_1|A) = frac1150: P(E_1|A) = fracP(E_1)P(A|E_1)P(E_1)P(A|E_1) + P(E_2)P(A|E_2) = frac1150 fracfrac14 cdot fracbinom12nbinom51nfrac14 cdot fracbinom12nbinom51n + frac34 cdot fracbinom13nbinom51n = frac1150 Canceling out the shared fractions frac14 and binom51n: fracbinom12nbinom12n + 3binom13n = frac1150 ### Step 2: Simplifying Binomial Coefficients Express binom13n in terms of binom12n using the identity binom13n = frac1313-nbinom12n: fracbinom12nbinom12n + 3 cdot left[ frac1313-n binom12n right] = frac1150 Canceling binom12n from numerator and denominator: frac11 + frac3913-n = frac1150 implies frac13-n13-n + 39 = frac1150 frac13-n52-n = frac1150 Cross-multiplying: 50(13 - n) = 11(52 - n) 650 - 50n = 572 - 11n implies 39n = 78 implies n = 2 ### Pattern Recognition When expanding binomial dynamic ratios like fracbinomAnbinomA+1n, always reduce the larger term fractionally using the absorption property to cancel out the factorial variables quickly. ### Evaluation Rubric / Model Answer null ### Chapter Mix Class 12 Mathematics: Probability

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Q51 2025 Bayes Theorem
Bag B_1 contains 6 white and 4 blue balls, Bag B_2 contains 4 white and 6 blue balls, and Bag B_3 contains 5 white and 5 blue balls. One of the bags is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is white, then the probability, that the ball is drawn from Bag B_2, is:
  • A. frac13
  • B. frac415
  • C. frac23
  • D. frac25

Solution

### Related Formula Bayes' Theorem formula: P(E_2|A) = fracP(E_2) cdot P(A|E_2)P(E_1) cdot P(A|E_1) + P(E_2) cdot P(A|E_2) + P(E_3) cdot P(A|E_3) ### Core Logic Let the events be defined as: E_1: Bag B_1 is selected E_2: Bag B_2 is selected E_3: Bag B_3 is selected A: The drawn ball is white Since a bag is selected at random: P(E_1) = P(E_2) = P(E_3) = frac13 Conditional probabilities of drawing a white ball from each bag: P(A|E_1) = frac610, quad P(A|E_2) = frac410, quad P(A|E_3) = frac510 ### Step 1: Substitute and Calculate Substituting the values into Bayes' theorem: P(E_2|A) = fracfrac13 times frac410frac13 times frac610 + frac13 times frac410 + frac13 times frac510 P(E_2|A) = frac46 + 4 + 5 = frac415 ### Pattern Recognition When bags have equal selection probability, the required conditional probability is simply the number of favorable white balls divided by the total number of white balls across all bags: 4 / (6 + 4 + 5) = 4/15. ### Evaluation Rubric / Model Answer null ### Chapter Mix Class 12 Mathematics: Probability
Q56 2025 Classical Definition of Probability
Let S be the set of all the words that can be formed by arranging all the letters of the word GARDEN. From the set S, one word is selected at random. The probability that the selected word will NOT have vowels in alphabetical order is:
  • A. frac14
  • B. frac23
  • C. frac13
  • D. frac12

Solution

### Related Formula Probability of an event P(E') = 1 - P(E), where E is the complementary event. ### Core Logic The word GARDEN contains 6 distinct letters: G, A, R, D, E, N. Total number of permutations (words in set S) = 6! = 720. The vowels present are A and E. In any random arrangement of these letters, there are only 2 possible mutual relative arrangements for the vowels: 1) A appears before E (alphabetical order) 2) E appears before A By symmetry, both relative arrangements are equally probable. ### Step 1: Calculate Probabilities Probability that vowels are in alphabetical order = frac12. Therefore, the probability that the selected word will NOT have vowels in alphabetical order is: 1 - frac12 = frac12 ### Pattern Recognition Symmetry Shortcut: For any k distinct specific objects inside an arrangement of distinct items, the number of ways they can be sorted in a unique relative order is exactly 1/k! of the total arrangements. Here k=2 vowels, so probability of alphabetical order is 1/2! = 1/2. Not alphabetical is 1 - 1/2 = 1/2. ### Evaluation Rubric / Model Answer null ### Chapter Mix Class 11 Mathematics: Permutations and Combinations Class 12 Mathematics: Probability

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