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A flashlight has \( 10 \) batteries out of which \( 4 \) are dead. If \( 3 \) batteries are selected without
replacement andtested, then the probability that all \( 3 \) are dead is
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Options:
  • A \( \frac{1}{30} \)
  • B \( \frac{2}{8} \)
  • C \( \frac{1}{15} \)
  • D \( \frac{1}{10} \)
Solution:
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The correct answer is: \( \frac{1}{30} \)
Total number of batteries are 10
Number of dead batteries is 4
So, P(all three dead)
$=\frac{4}{10} \times \frac{3}{9} \times \frac{2}{8}=\frac{1}{30}$

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