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Pakistan, India and Srilanka are engaged in a missile war, such that they fire one after the other, in a sequence, the sequence selected by draw of lots. The rules of war are such that the 3 countries keep on shooting at each other until they hit with the missile. This goes on until there is one last country left unhit, and then the war ends.
The chances that- Pakistan hits its target is 100%,
- Srilanka hits the target is 80% and
- India hits the target is 50%.
Who has the highest chance of winning the war?
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My first is often at the front door.
My second is found in the cereal family.
My third is what most people want.
My whole is one of the united states.What am I?
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The more you work, the more I’ll eat.
You keep me full, I’ll keep you neat.What am I?
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What will be the output of the following program?
int main() { union { int i; int j; void f() { printf("i=%d, j=%d\n", i, j); } }; i = 3; j = i+++ ++i; f(); return 0; }
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0 ,2, 2,4,6,10,16………
Find out the 100th number of the sequence.View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,476.2K views
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In how many ways can you arrange eight queens on a standard chessboard in such a way that none of them is attacking any other?
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What is it that comes twice in a decade but only once in a century?
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