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A box contains tickets numbered from I to 20. Three  tickets are drawn from the box with replacement. The  probability that the largest number on the tickets is 7 is

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720
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219
d
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Correct option is D

Let X denote the largest number on the 3 tickets drawn Then, P(X≤7)=(7/20)3 and P(X≤6)=(6/20)3. Then, the required probability isP(X=7)=7203−6203


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