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Experts please correct me where I'm wrong,
From statement 1:P(W&E)=0 we get P(W).P(E)=0
When we use this information combined with statement 2 we can conclude P(E)=0
There for P(W)=0.2
Therefore answer should be P(W)+P(E)-P(W&E)=0.2+0+0 and henceforth C.
- by ash4gmat
Wed May 11, 2016 10:02 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Pure luck
- Replies: 12
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Brent,
You said Litter mates are born in same batch.Then how come out of 6 dogs you are making 3 pairs when the question tells out of 6 exactly 1 littermate. Same way out of 3 only 2 littermate. Please clarify.
- by ash4gmat
Tue May 10, 2016 11:30 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough one from Kaplan
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4893
- by ash4gmat
Fri May 06, 2016 11:36 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability-dress combination
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7349
- by ash4gmat
Fri May 06, 2016 11:33 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4781
Probability-Tossing coins
Is there any other method to solve this apart from listing down the options? Urpi and Manco are playing a game where they flip a fair coin four times and try to predict the outcomes. What is P(A), the probability that the second flip is heads? What is P(B), the probability that the fourth flip is he...
- by ash4gmat
Fri May 06, 2016 11:29 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability-Tossing coins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1655
Regor with lesser variables it is easy to list down and calculate.With Higher values what is the approach?
- by ash4gmat
Thu May 05, 2016 7:14 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4781
Probability-dress combination
Mark is going to an awards dinner and wants to dress appropriately. He is running behind schedule and asks his little brother to randomly select an outfit for him. Mark has one blue dress shirt, one white dress shirt, one black dress shirt, one pair of black slacks, one pair of grey slacks, and one ...
- by ash4gmat
Thu May 05, 2016 7:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability-dress combination
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7349
Probability
A high school gym teacher randomly selects a group of two players from three students to demonstrate a basketball drill during class. The three students consists of two girls, Andrea and Marta, and one boy, Davi. Let A be the event that the first player the coach chooses is a girl and B be the event...
- by ash4gmat
Thu May 05, 2016 6:21 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4781
In how many ways can 4 ladies and 5 gentlemen be seated in a row so that no two ladies sit together? A. 43200 B. 21600 C. 5760 D. 2880 E. 1440 Take the task of seating everyone and break it into stages. Stage 1 : Arrange all of the men in a row We can arrange k unique objects in k! ways. Since ther...
- by ash4gmat
Tue May 03, 2016 6:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: no two ladies sit together?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 35757
Brent, How about the way I have done. 1)Seat 1: Either parent seats: 2 ways 2)Seat 3:Any of the 4 seats: 4 ways 3)Seat 4:Any of the pending 3 except sister sits: 2 ways 4)Seat 2:Pending 2 sits: 2 ways 5)Seat 5:Pending 1 sits: 1 way Answer:2*4*2*2*1=32 Answer 32. Correct me if my understanding and me...
- by ash4gmat
Sun May 01, 2016 11:57 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A family consisting of one mother...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9347
- by ash4gmat
Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:38 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Statistics-Mean,median
- Replies: 2
- Views: 939
Statistics-Mean,median
Q.Set A has 2 +ve integers with median of 5.Set B has 3 +ve int with mean of 3.
Is it True that mean of combined set is less than 4.
For this If I considered 2 nos in set A as 6 & 7, will that be wrong?This assumption will make this statement false.
- by ash4gmat
Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:57 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Statistics-Mean,median
- Replies: 2
- Views: 939
- by ash4gmat
Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:56 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Value of integer n
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1191
- by ash4gmat
Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:36 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Absolute value
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2046
Thanks Mitch, excellent explanation.
If equation would have been
|7-x| + |3-x| = 2
Then we have no solution.Right?
- by ash4gmat
Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:08 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Absolute value
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2046