NCERT Solutions
Class 10 - Mathematics - Chapter 14: PROBABILITY - Exercise 14.1
Question 10

Question. 10

A piggy bank contains hundred 50p coins, fifty ₹ 1 coins, twenty ₹ 2 coins and ten ₹ 5 coins. If it is equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, what is the probability that the coin

(i) will be a 50 p coin?

(ii) will not be a ₹ 5 coin?

Answer:

(i) \( \dfrac{5}{9} \)

(ii) \( \dfrac{17}{18} \)