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Q.

There are 600 electric bulbs in a box out of which 20 bulbs are defective. If one bulb is chosen at random from the box. The probability that the chosen bulb is defective is:


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a

1 19

b

1 20

c

1 30

d

29 30  

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Given that 20 bulbs are defective out of 600 blubs present in a box.
Number of defective bulbs = 20
And, total number of outcome = 600
Now, the probability that the chosen bulb is defective is,
= Number of defective bulbs Total number of outcomes = 20 600
= 1 30
The probability is 1 30 .
Hence, option 3 is correct.
 
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