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MathematicsProbabilityConditional probabilityEasy2 minPYQ_2016
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Paragraph: Football teams and have to play two games against each other. It is assumed that the outcomes of the two games are independent. The probabilities of winning, drawing and losing a game against are and , respectively. Each team gets points for a win, point for a draw and point for a loss in a game. Let and denote the total points scored by teams and , respectively, after two games.
Question: is

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

PX=Y=Pmatch drawPmatch Draw+PT1win PT2win+PT2win PT1win
=16×16+12×13+13×12=1336

Stream:JEE_ADVSubject:MathematicsTopic:ProbabilitySubtopic:Conditional probability
2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2016

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