An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a|Probability

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10-01-2019 S1

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An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a head, then a pair of unbiased dice is rolled and the sum of the numbers obtained on them is noted. If the toss of the coin results in tail, then a card from a well-shuffled pack of nine cards numbered 1, 2, 3, ..., 9 is randomly picked and the number on the card is noted. The probability that the noted number is either 7 or 8 is

Select the correct option:

$\frac{13}{36}$

$\frac{15}{72}$

$\frac{19}{36}$

$\frac{19}{72}$

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