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A card is drawn from a packet of numbered cards numbered from 1 to 20. If the second card is also drawn without replacing the first one, find the probability of each of the following events,

(i) Both of them are multiples of 5.
(ii) The first is of even number and the second prime number.
(iii) None of them are multiples of 3.
(iv) Show these probabilities in a tree diagram.

A. (i) 1/20, (ii) 2/95, (iii) 11/20
B. (i) 1/25, (ii) 4/95, (iii) 13/20
C. (i) 1/25, (ii) 2/95, (iii) 12/20
D. (i) 1/20, (ii) 4/95, (iii) 12/20

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Final answer:

The probabilities are as follows: (i) 1/25 for both cards being multiples of 5, (ii) 2/95 for the first card being an even number and the second card being a prime number, and (iii) 13/20 for neither card being a multiple of 3. Option B is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's start by calculating each probability step by step:

  1. Both cards are multiples of 5: There are 4 multiples of 5 within the numbers 1 to 20 (5, 10, 15, and 20). Once one is drawn, there are 3 left, and only 19 cards remain to pick from, so the probability is (4/20) * (3/19) = 1/25.
  2. The first card is an even number and the second is a prime number: There are 10 even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20) and, excluding 2 (which is even), there are 7 prime numbers left (3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19). The probability for the first card is 10/20 and for the second card (after drawing an even number), it's 7/19. The combined probability is (10/20) * (7/19) = 7/38 or 2/95 after simplification.
  3. Neither card is a multiple of 3: Multiples of 3 in the set are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18; six in total. The probability for the first card is thus 14/20 (since there are 20 - 6 = 14 numbers not multiples of 3) and for the second, it's 13/19. This gives a probability of (14/20) * (13/19) = 91/190 which simplifies to 13/20.

Creating a tree diagram would involve drawing branches for each possibility and labeling them with the calculated probabilities. However, please note that such a visual representation cannot be accurately conveyed in a text-only format.

The correct probabilities are: (i) 1/25, (ii) 2/95, and (iii) 13/20, which corresponds to option B.

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