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AP EAMCET · Maths · Probability

12 balls are distributed among 3 boxes, then the probability that the first box will contain 3 balls is

  1. A 12C3×29312
  2. B 12C3×29310
  3. C C312312
  4. D C312310
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(A) 12C3×29312

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Here, since each ball can be placed in any one of the 3 boxes, therefore there are 3 ways in which a ball can be placed in any one of three boxes. Thus, there are 312 ways in which 12 balls can be placed in 3 boxes. The number of ways in which 3 balls out of 12 can be put in the…