help to solve the probability questions

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help to solve the probability questions

by speed » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:21 pm
Hi frnds,

help me to solve these probability questions

1.In a bag of balloons, the ratio of red balloons to other colours is 1:5, if 3 balloons are selected from the bag at random, what is the probability that (a) at least one balloon is red, (b) exactly one balloon is red.?

2.A point is moving randomly on a line of length L. What is the probability that the ratio of the shorter to the longer segment is less than 1/3 ?

3.A point is moving randomly inside an equilateral triangle whose side length is 3 cm. What is the probability that its distance to any corner is greater than 1 ?

4.Two persons agree to meet at between 2 PM to 4 PM, but each of them will wait 30 minutes for the late comer. What is the probability that they will meet ?

5.. In how many ways can 4 consonants and 3 vowels be arranged in a row (a) so that the 3 vowels are always together, (b) so that the first and the last places are occupied by consonants.

6.There are 4 different mathematics books, 6 different physics books, and 2 different chemistry books are to be arranged on a shelf. How many different arrangements are possible if (a) the books in each category must all stand together , (b) only the mathematics books must stand together
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