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Total Outcomes (sum of card=8) = {2,6} {3,5} {4,4} {5,3} {6,2} = 5avanti@gmat wrote:Six cards numbered from 1 to 6 are placed in an empty bowl. First one card is drawn and then put back. Then second card is drawn. If cards are drawn at random and is sum of numbers on cards is 8, what is the Probability that one of the two cards drawn is numbered 5?
1) 1/6
2) 1/5
3) 1/3
4) 2/5
5) 2/3
There are 36 possible EQUALLY LIKELY outcomes in this scenario: (1,1), (1,2), (1,3)... etc.avanti@gmat wrote:Six cards numbered from 1 to 6 are placed in an empty bowl. First one card is drawn and then put back. Then second card is drawn. If cards are drawn at random and is sum of numbers on cards is 8, what is the Probability that one of the two cards drawn is numbered 5?
1) 1/6
2) 1/5
3) 1/3
4) 2/5
5) 2/3
