With Dhoni and Yuvraj at the crease Cricket Team of India needs to score 9 runs in last 2 balls to win the match. What is the probability that India wins the match?
Assumptions: - There were no wide balls or no balls bowled in these 2 balls. - No Wicket has fallen in these 2 balls - No Overthrows or extra runs were scored in these 2 balls - In case if run(s)are scored on any of these 2 balls it can only be one of these values: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6. This also implies that it’s quite possible that zero runs are scored on a particular ball
Out of 49 total possibilities of scores only (3,6) (4,5), (4,6) (5,4), (5,5), (5,6) (6,3), (6,4), (6,5), (6,6) are the winning possibilities. Therefore the probability of winning is =( 10/49 ) ie., 20.41% chance of winning.
A Cricket Team needs to score 7 runs in last 2 balls to win the match.What is the probability that the team wins the match? Assume that: -There were no wide balls or no balls bowled in these 2 balls. -No wicket has fallen in these 2 balls. -No overthrows or extra runs were scored in these 2 balls. - In case if run(s) are scored on any of these 2 balls it can only be one of these values: 1,2,3,4 & 6 This also implies that it's quite possible that zero runs are scored on a particular ball
In a best-of-three tennis match, the first player to win 2 sets wins the match.
For a best-of-three tennis match, would you bet on the match finishing in 2 sets or in 3 sets?
Luke has a blue ball and red balls. Every day, he wins 2 blue balls and loses 3 red ones. After 5 days, he has the same amount of blue and red balls. After 9 days, he has twice as many blue balls as red balls. How many red balls did he have at the beginning?
