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Question
A child has a die whose 6 faces show the letters given below:
The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A and (ii) B?
Solution
In a single throw of a die, the possible outcomes are:
A,B,C,A,A,B
Total number of possible outcomes = 6
(i) Let E1 be the event of getting A.
Number of favourable outcomes = 3
∴ P( getting A) = P (E1) = `3/6`=`1/2`
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