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A bag contains 40 tickets numbered from 1 to 40. Two tickets are drawn from the bag without replacement. The probability that the 2nd ticket is a perfect square given that the 1st ticket was a perfect square is
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Options:
  • A 16
  • B 539
  • C 320
  • D 18
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 539
A=1st ticket drawn is a perfect square
B=2nd ticket drawn is a perfect square
PA=640; PAB=6C240C2=6×540×39
PBA=PBAPA=6×540×39×406=539

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