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A purse contains three 10 paise, three 50 paise and ten 1 rupee coins. If three coins are selected at random, then the probability that the total amount is 2 rupees is
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Options:
  • A 25
  • B 356
  • C 14
  • D 18
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 356
Favourable cases= There is only one possibility as 3 coins must be two 50 paise coin and one 1 rupee coin
Number of favourable ways =C32×C101
Total number of ways =C163
Hence, the required probability = C 3 2 × C 10 1 C 16 3 = 3×10×6 16×15×14 = 3 56

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