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A person goes to the office either by a car, or scooter, or bus, the probability of which being 27,37,27 respectively. The probability that he reaches office late if he takes a car, or scooter, or bus is 29,19,49 respectively. If he reaches office in time, the probability that he travelled by car is k, then the value of 24k+7 is equal to
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Options:
  • A 7
  • B 14
  • C 212
  • D 312
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 14
Let, C,B,S be the events such that a person goes to the office by car, bus or scooter respectively.
PC=27,PS=37,PB=27
Let, T be the event that he reaches office in time
PTC=79,PTS=89,PTB=59
PCT=PCPTCPCPTC+PBPTB+PSPTS
=27×7927×79+37×89+27×59=1448=724

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