Question

A box consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major defects. Ramesh, a shopkeepe will buy only those shirts which are good but Kewal another shopkeeper will not buy shirts will major defects. A shirt is taken out of the box it random. What is the probability that :

(i) Ramesh will buy the selected shirt ? 

(ii) Kewal will buy the selected shirt ?

Answer 1

(i) Number of good shirts = 88

P (Ramesh buys the shirt) = 88/100 = 22/25

(ii) Number of shirts without major defect = 96

P (Kewal buys a shirt) = 96/100 = 24/25