if 4 whole no.s are randomly selected from 1 to 10. Take the product of these 4 numbers. The probability that the unit place of the product is even is 'X' times the probability that the unit place of the product is odd.find the value of 'X'.
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i think it should be 15multiply by 625 and not 675 ?
We have 5 odd numbers and 5 even numbers, so:
Prob. of picking an odd number = prob. of picking an even number = 2 1
Notice that the product of the 4 numbers would be odd only if we pick 4 odd numbers
Prob. of picking 4 odd numbers = ( 2 1 ) 4 = 1 6 1
So, prob. of picking any other choice = 1 - 1 6 1 = 1 6 1 5
Therefore it is 1 5 times more probable to have an even product.
P[odd]=\frac{5^4}{10^4}= \frac{1}{16} and P[even]=1-P[odd] =\frac{15}{16} So, simply \boxed{X=15}
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Let's consider numbers from 0-9 since the probability will remain same with any other case due to symmetry (You can check for inteval of any 10 , 20 ..etc. numbers and you'll get same results)
Now, total ways of selection = 1 0 4
For product to be a prime number all the four selections should be prime (1,3,5,7,9)
So, total ways of selecting = 5 ∗ 5 ∗ 5 ∗ 5 = 625
P ( o d d ) = 1 0 4 6 2 5
P ( e v e n ) = 1 − P ( o d d ) = 1 - 1 0 4 6 2 5 = 1 0 4 9 3 7 5
P ( e v e n ) = 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 ∗ 6 2 5 = 1 5 ∗ P ( o d d )
X = 1 5