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The document contains information about probability calculations: 1) It calculates the required number of questions a student must answer correctly to achieve a 60% grade based on scoring percentages in different question types. 2) It calculates the probability that a rook and bishop will attack each other on a standard chessboard by considering the number of possible arrangements and cases where each piece attacks the other. 3) It provides brief responses to additional questions about exam scores and the number of queens that can be placed on a chessboard.

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The document contains information about probability calculations: 1) It calculates the required number of questions a student must answer correctly to achieve a 60% grade based on scoring percentages in different question types. 2) It calculates the probability that a rook and bishop will attack each other on a standard chessboard by considering the number of possible arrangements and cases where each piece attacks the other. 3) It provides brief responses to additional questions about exam scores and the number of queens that can be placed on a chessboard.

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A1]Number of questions attempted correctly=(70% of 10 + 40% of 30 + 60% 0f 35) questions to

be answered correctly for 60% grade=60% of 75 = 45therefore required number of questions= (45-

40) = 5.
A2]The probability of either the Rook or the Bishop attacking the other is 0.3611 A Rook and a Bishop on a standard
chess-board can be arranged in 64P2 = 64*63 = 4032 ways Now, there are 2 cases - Rook attacking Bishop and Bishop
attacking Rook. Note that the Rook and the Bishop never
attack each other simultaneously. Let's consider both the cases one by one.Case I - Rook attacking Bishop The Rook can
be placed in any of the given 64 positions and it always attacks 14 positions. Hence, total possible ways of the Rook
attacking the Bishop = 64*14 = 896 ways Case II Bishop attacking Rook View the chess-board as a 4 co-centric
hollow squares with the outermost square with side 8 units and the innermost square with side 2 units.If the bishop is in
one of the outer 28 squares, then it can attack 7 positions. If the bishop is in one of the 20 squares at next inner-level,
then it can attack 9 positions. Similarly if the bishop is in one of the 12 squares at nextinner-level, then it can attack 11
positions. And if thebishop is in oneofthe 4 squares at next inner-level (theinnermost level), then it can attack 13
positions. Hence, total possible ways of the Bishop attacking theRook = 28*7 + 20*9 + 12*11 + 4*13 = 560 ways Thus,

the required probability is = (896 + 560) / 4032 = 13/36 = 0.3611

A3] 07 A4] A5] 5Queens A6] 2

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