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MHT CET · Maths · Probability

If three distinct numbers are chosen randomly from first 100 natural numbers, then the probability that all three of them are divisible by both 2 and 3 is

  1. A \(\frac{4}{35}\)
  2. B \(\frac{4}{55}\)
  3. C \(\frac{4}{1155}\)
  4. D \(\frac{80}{231}\)
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(C) \(\frac{4}{1155}\)

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First 100 natural numbers are \(\{1,2,3,4,5, \ldots . ., 100\}\)
Numbers divisible by both 2 and 3 are \(\{6,12,18, \ldots . ., 96\}\) (total 16)
Now the required probability \(=\frac{{ }^{16} C_3}{{ }^{100} C_3}=\frac{\frac{\lfloor 16}{\left\lfloor\left\lfloor\frac{16-3}{\lfloor 100}\right.\right.}}{\frac{13\lfloor 100-3}{\lfloor\lfloor}}\)
\(\begin{aligned} & =\frac{\lfloor 16}{3 \underline{3} 13} \times \frac{\underline{3} \mid 97}{\underline{100}} \\ & =\frac{14 \times 15 \times 16}{98 \times 99 \times 100}=\frac{4}{1155} \\ & \end{aligned}\)
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