Cards marked with numbers 1, 3, 5, ..., 101 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is
(i) less than 19,
(ii) a prime number less than 20.
Given number 1, 3, 5, ..., 101 form an AP with a = 1 and d = 2.
Let Tn = 101. Then,
1 + (n − 1)2 = 101
⇒ 1 + 2n − 2 = 101
⇒ 2n = 102
⇒ n = 51
Thus, total number of outcomes = 51.
(i) Let E1 be the event of getting a number less than 19.
Out of these numbers, numbers less than 19 are 1, 3, 5, ... , 17.
Given number 1, 3, 5, .... , 17 form an AP with a = 1 and d = 2.
Let Tn = 17. Then,
1 + (n − 1)2 = 17
⇒ 1 + 2n − 2 = 17
⇒ 2n = 18
⇒ n = 9
Thus, number of favourable outcomes = 9.
$\therefore P($ getting a number less than 19$)=P\left(E_{1}\right)=\frac{\text { Number of outcomes favourable to } E_{1}}{\text { Number of all possible outcomes }}$
$=\frac{9}{51}=\frac{3}{17}$
Thus, the probability that the number on the drawn card is less than 19 is $\frac{3}{17}$.
(ii) Let E2 be the event of getting a prime number less than 20.
Out of these numbers, prime numbers less than 20 are 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19.
Thus, number of favourable outcomes = 7.
$\therefore P($ getting a prime number less than 20$)=P\left(E_{2}\right)=\frac{\text { Number of outcomes favourable to } E_{2}}{\text { Number of all possible outcomes }}$
$=\frac{7}{51}$
Thus, the probability that the number on the drawn card is a prime number less than 20 is $\frac{7}{51}$.