Question

If the integers $$m$$ and $$n$$ are chosen at random between $$1$$ and $$100$$  then the probability that a number of the form $${7^m} + {7^n}$$   is divisible by $$5$$ is :

A. $$\frac{1}{5}$$  
B. $$\frac{1}{7}$$
C. $$\frac{1}{4}$$
D. $$\frac{1}{{49}}$$
Answer :   $$\frac{1}{5}$$
Solution :
We know $${7^k},\,k\, \in \,N,$$   has $$1,\,3,\,9,\,7$$   at the units place for $$k = 4p,\,4p - 1,\,4p - 2,\,4p - 3$$       respectively, where $$p = 1,\,2,\,3,.....$$
Clearly, $${7^m} + {7^n}$$   will be divisible by $$5$$ if $${7^m}$$ has $$3$$ or $$7$$ in the units place and $${7^n}$$ has $$7$$ or $$3$$ in the units place or $${7^m}$$ has $$1$$ or $$9$$ in the units place and $${7^n}$$ has $$9$$ or $$1$$ in the units place.
$$\therefore $$  for any choice of $$m,\,n$$  the digit in the units place of $${7^m} + {7^n}$$   is $$2,\,4,\,6,\,0$$   or $$8.$$ It is divisible by $$5$$ only when this digit is $$0.$$
$$\therefore $$  the required probability $$ = \frac{1}{5}.$$

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Releted Question 1

Two fair dice are tossed. Let $$x$$ be the event that the first die shows an even number and $$y$$ be the event that the second die shows an odd number. The two events $$x$$ and $$y$$ are:

A. Mutually exclusive
B. Independent and mutually exclusive
C. Dependent
D. None of these
Releted Question 2

Two events $$A$$ and $$B$$ have probabilities 0.25 and 0.50 respectively. The probability that both $$A$$ and $$B$$ occur simultaneously is 0.14. Then the probability that neither $$A$$ nor $$B$$ occurs is

A. 0.39
B. 0.25
C. 0.11
D. none of these
Releted Question 3

The probability that an event $$A$$ happens in one trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three independent trials of the experiment are performed. The probability that the event $$A$$ happens at least once is

A. 0.936
B. 0.784
C. 0.904
D. none of these
Releted Question 4

If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are two events such that $$P(A) > 0,$$   and $$P\left( B \right) \ne 1,$$   then $$P\left( {\frac{{\overline A }}{{\overline B }}} \right)$$  is equal to
(Here $$\overline A$$ and $$\overline B$$ are complements of $$A$$ and $$B$$ respectively).

A. $$1 - P\left( {\frac{A}{B}} \right)$$
B. $$1 - P\left( {\frac{{\overline A }}{B}} \right)$$
C. $$\frac{{1 - P\left( {A \cup B} \right)}}{{P\left( {\overline B } \right)}}$$
D. $$\frac{{P\left( {\overline A } \right)}}{{P\left( {\overline B } \right)}}$$

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