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Five bags each contain an identical set of ten distinct chocolates. One chocolate is picked uniformly and independently from each bag. Find the probability that at least two picked chocolates are identical.
0.3024 0.4235 0.6976 0.8125 Practise this question in The GATE Grind →
Show answer and explanation Correct answer: (C) 0.6976
Explanation The probability all five differ is (10×9×8×7×6)/10⁵=0.3024. Its complement gives at least one repeated type: **1−0.3024=0.6976, C**.
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