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  1. 10 books are placed at random in a shelf. The probability that a pair of books will always be together is -.
  2. A.
    1/10
    B.
    9/10
    C.
    1/5
    D.
    3/10
    E.
    1/2

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    Answer : Option C

    Explanation :

    10 books can be rearranged in 10! ways consider the two books taken as a pair then number of favourable ways of getting these two books together is 9! 2!

    Required probability = 1/5


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