Tree Plantation Drive

A group Housing Society has 600 members, who have their houses in the campus and decided to hold a Tree Plantation Drive on the occasion of New Year. Each household was given th

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Tree Plantation Drive

A group Housing Society has 600 members, who have their houses in the campus and decided to hold a Tree Plantation Drive on the occasion of New Year. Each household was given the choice of planting a sampling of its choice. The number of different types of samplings planted were:

(i) Neem - 125
(ii) Peepal - 165
(iii) Creepers - 50
(iv) Fruit plants - 150
(v) Flowering plants - 110

On the opening ceremony, one of the plants is selected randomly for a prize. After reading the above passage, answer the following questions:

What is the probability that the selected plant is
(i) A fruit plant or a flowering plant?
(ii) Either a Neem plant or a Peepal plant?

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Step 1: Total outcomes $= 600$. (i) $P(	ext{Fruit plant or flowering plant}) = \frac{260}{600} = \frac{13}{30}$
Step 2: (ii) $P(	ext{Neem or Peepal}) = \frac{290}{600} = \frac{29}{60}$

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