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A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 are defective. The customer will buy a ball pen if it is good but will not buy a defective ball pen. The shopkeeper draws one pen at random from the lot and gives it to the customer. What is the probability that?

(i) customer will buy the ball pen


(ii) customer will not buy the ball pen

No. of ball pens in the lot = 144

No. of defective pens in the lot = 20


No. of non-defective pens in the lot = (144-20) = 124



(i) Probability customer will buy the ball pen =


(ii) Probability customer will not buy the ball pen =


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