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      Question

      19 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 136

      good ones. It is not possible to just look at a pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this lot. Determine the probability that the pen is taken out is a good one.
      A 0.906 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 0.880 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 0.875 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 0.877 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Numbers of pens = Numbers of defective pens + Numbers of good pens
      ∴ Total number of pens = 136 + 19 = 155 pens
      P(E) = (Number of favourable outcomes) / (Total number of outcomes)
      P(picking a good pen) = 136/155 = 0.877

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