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A cube having edge of length 5 cm is painted on all faces and then it is cut into equal cubes of unit volume. A small cube is selected at random and found that a face of it is painted, then the probability that two more faces of it are also painted is
MathematicsProbabilityTS EAMCETTS EAMCET 2022 (18 Jul Shift 1)
Options:
  • A 27125
  • B 449
  • C 18
  • D 8125
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 449

Let n smaller cubes of edge length 1 cm are obtained after cutting bigger cube of edge length 5 cm.

Volume of bigger cube=n×Volume of smaller cube

53=n×13

n=125

When the painted cube is cute into 125 small equal cubes, we have

 3 faces painted cube on every corner Number of cubes with 3 face painted=1×8=8

Three 2-faces painted cube on every edge

Number of cubes with 2 face painted=3×12=36

Nine single face painted cube on side Number of cubes with 1 face painted=6×9=54

Therefore, total number of cubes with any face painted=8+36+54=98

Let 

AEvent that the the cube is painted

BEvent that teh cube has three face painted

PAB=8125

PB=98125

So, required probability is

PAB=PABPB

PAB=812598125

PAB=898=449

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