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General Mathematics Paper 2,May/June. 2007  
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question 5

Out of the 24 apples in a box, 6 are bad. If three apples are taken
From the box at random, with replacement, find the probability that:

(a) the first two are good and the third is bad;
(b) all the three are bad;
(c) all the three are good.


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OBSERVATION

This question was very popular among the candidates and majority scored full marks however a few of them mixed up the concept.  They failed to recognize that the apples were drawn with replacement.

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