If three consecutive numbers are selected randomly from the first 100 natural numbers, then what is the probability that their product of the three numbers is divisible by 24?
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C
No. of ways of selecting 'r' consecutive things from 'n' consecutive things = n - r + 1
So, you can select 3 consecutive numbers in 100 - 3 + 1 = 98 ways.
Now, out of 98 selections: you can get either of the two combinations:
i) even - odd - even: If out of numbers chosen two are even and one is odd, then certainly the product of these numbers will be divisible by 24. No. of ways we can select even-odd-even is 982 = 49
ii) odd - even - odd: The product of two odd numbers and one even number will be divisible by 12 if the even number is a multiple of 8. We have 12 even multiples of 8 within 100. Hence we can have 12 combinations of odd- even - odd.
So, total number of favourable cases: 49 + 12 = 61
So, probability = 6198. Hence option (c)
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