Subject :Maths Class : Class 10
Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes? Explain.
(i) A driver attempts to start a car. The car starts or does not start.
(ii) A player attempts to shoot a basketball. She/he shoots or misses the shot.
(iii) A trial is made to answer a true-false question. The answer is right or wrong.
(iv) A baby is born. It is a boy or a girl.
Ans 1: (Master Answer)
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Here is the answer for this questions :
(i) Since he may or may not start the car thus the outcomes are not equally likely.
(ii) The player may shoot or miss the shot.
∴ The outcome are not equally likely.
(iii) In advance it is known that the answer is to be either right or wrong.
∴ The outcomes right or wrong are equally likely to occur.
(iv) In advance it is known that newly born baby has to be either a boy or a girl.
∴ The outcomes either a boy or a girl are equally likely to occur.