Question 69

Ashok has a bag containing 40 cards, numbered with the integers from 1 to 40. No two cards are numbered with the same integer. Likewise, his sister Shilpa has another bag containing only five cards that are numbered with the integers from 1 to 5, with no integer repeating. Their mother, Latha, randomly draws one card each from Ashok’s and Shilpa’s bags and notes down their respective numbers. If Latha divides the number obtained from Ashok’s bag by the number obtained from Shilpa’s, what is the probability that the remainder will not be greater than 2?

Solution

The number of ways of selecting one card from Ashok's bag and other from Shilpa bag = $$40_{C_1}\times\ 5_{C_1}$$ = 200
Now, if the card taken from Shilpa's bag shows 1, then 1 will divide all the numbers on Ashok's card. Hence, the number of ways = 40
If the card taken from Shilpa's bag shows 2, then the remainder will be either 0 or 1. Hence, the number of ways = 40
If the card taken from Shilpa's bag shows 3, then the remainder will be 0, 1 or 2. Hence, the number of ways = 40
If the card taken from Shilpa's bag shows 4, then the remainder will be 0, 1, 2 or 3. So the numbers having 3 as remainder will be rejected. So the number of form 4n+3 will be rejected. Total number of such numbers = $$\frac{\left(39-3\right)}{4}+1$$ = 10
If the card taken from Shilpa's bag shows 5, then the remainder will be 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. So the numbers having 3 or 4 as remainder will be rejected. So the number of form 5n+3, 5n+4 will be rejected. Total number of such terms = $$\frac{\left(39-3\right)}{4}+1$$ = 10
The numbers left = 40-10 = 30
The total numbers having 5n+3 form = $$\frac{\left(39-4\right)}{5}+1\ =\ 8$$
The total numbers having 5n+4 form = $$\frac{\left(38-3\right)}{5}+1\ =\ 8$$
The numbers left = 40-8-8=24

Hence, the probability = $$\frac{\left(40+40+40+30+24\right)}{200}=\frac{174}{200}=0.87$$


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