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A box contains 10 good articles and 6 defective articles. One item is drawn at random. The probability that it is either good or has a defect, is (a) 64/64 (b) 49/64 (c) 40/64 (d) 24/64 - Mathematics

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A box contains  10 good articles and 6 defective articles. One item is drawn at random. The probability that it is either good or has a defect, is

Options

  •  64/64

  • 49/64

  • 40/64

  • 24/64

     
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Solution

\[\frac{64}{64}\]

The answer is one, because the article would be either good or defective as per the question.
Hence, the only option is \[\frac{64}{64} = 1\]

 

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