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A Cricket Team needs to score 7 runs in last 2 balls to win the match.Probability that the team wins the match is?

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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

posted Dec 22, 2016 by anonymous

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There are 7 possible scores on each ball so there are 49 total final outcomes out of which 21 are outcomes where the team wins ie., (1,6), (2,5), (2,6), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6)...... etc.,
Therefore the probability that the team wins is 21/49.

answer Dec 24, 2016 by Tejas Naik



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