Re: Sets M and N are such that, M = {6, 5, 4, 3, 2} and N = {2, 1
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18 Dec 2024, 14:29
Set $M={−6,−5,−4,−3,−2}$ and set $N={−2,−1,0,1,2,3}$. Two integers are selected at random, one from set $M&$ the other from set N , we need to find the probability that the product of the two integers is negative.
Set $M$ \& set $N$ has 5 and 6 elements respectively, if one integer selected from set $M$ \& the other from set N , the total number of different combinations that can be formed will be $5×6=30$.
Now, if we want the product of the integers selected to be negative, we would have to take exactly one of the two numbers negative.
As set $M$ doesn't have positive number, we can select only negative number from set $M$ in 6 ways and from set N only positive numbers need to selected and as there are only 3 positive numbers in set N , the positive number selection can be done in 3 ways, so total number of selections of the numbers from the two sets such that their product is negative is $5×3=15$.
Prpbability =1530=12