0 votes 0 votes Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department. The probability of Ram’s selection is $1/6$ and that of Ramesh is $1/8$. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected? $47/48$ $1/4$ $13/48$ $35/48$ Quantitative Aptitude gate2015-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude probability + – Akash Kanase asked Feb 12, 2016 retagged Jun 23, 2017 by Arjun Akash Kanase 6.3k views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 3 votes 3 votes Selection of RAM and not Ramesh is $1/6 \times 7/8$ and selection of Ramesh and not Ram is $1/8 \times 5/6.$ So, net probability is $12/48 = 1/4.$ Correct Option (B) Ritaban Basu_23 answered Feb 13, 2016 selected Jan 17, 2017 by Arjun Ritaban Basu_23 comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.