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A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square is

Total numbers of elementary events are: 50 – 5 = 45 number 6 is included


Let E be the event of drawing a perfect square


The favourable outcomes are: 9, 16, 25, 36, 49


Numbers of favourable outcomes = 5


P (E) = 5/45 = 1/9

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