The record of a weather station shows that out of the past $250$ consecutive days,its weather forecasts were correct $175$ times.
$(i)$ What is the probability that on a given day it was correct?
$(ii)$ What is the probability that it was not correct on a given day?

  • A
    $0.7, 0.3$
  • B
    $0.3, 0.7$
  • C
    $0.5, 0.5$
  • D
    $0.8, 0.2$

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$(i)$ $2$ girls $(ii)$ $1$ girl $(iii)$ No girl
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