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Question
CBSEENMA10009330

A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting number less than 5.

Solution

When a die is thrown once, then possible outcome(s) are 6
i.e.,    n(S) = 6
Let ‘A’ be the favourable outcomes of getting a number greater than 5. Then A = (6) i.e.,    n(A) = 1
Therefore,


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