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TS EAMCET · Maths · Probability

Ten persons with badges numbered 1 to 10 are in a room. If three of them are asked to leave the room. Then, the probability to have the person with the smallest badge number as 5 among the three persons that left the room, is

  1. A \(\frac{3}{10}\)
  2. B \(\frac{1}{6}\)
  3. C \(\frac{1}{12}\)
  4. D \(\frac{2}{5}\)
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(C) \(\frac{1}{12}\)

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Let \(S\) be the event of selecting 3 number from first 10 natural number \[ \therefore \quad n(s)={ }^{10} C_3 \] Let \(A\) be the event of selecting three number from 1 to 10 number out of which the smallest number is 5 .…