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Which one can represent a probability of an event

Probability can never be negative and can never be greater than 1.

Here (A) is greater than 1, (B) and (C) are negative.


But (D) is neither negative nor greater than 1.

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On one Sunday Muhil observed the vehicles at a Tollgate in the NH-45 for his science project about air pollution from 7 am. to 7 pm. The number of vehicles crossed are tabulated below.


A vehicle is selected at random. Find the probability that the vehicle chosen is a


(i) a bus at the time interval 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.


(ii) a car at the time interval 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.


(iii) a bus at the time interval 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.


(iv) a car at the time interval 7 a.m. to 7 p. m.


(v) not a two wheeler at the time interval 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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