One ticket is selected at random from 50 tickets numbered . Then the probability that the sum of the digits on the selected ticket is 8, given that the product of these digits is zero, equals
- (A)✓ Correct
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Answer: (A)
Solution
The sample has the fifty tickets to . The event that the digit sum is 8 is , and the event that the digit product is zero, needing at least one zero digit, is , which has 14 members. Only lies in both, so the conditional probability is .
JEE Main · 2009 · 12 Apr 2009 · Offline · Single correct option