Probability
82 JEE Maths previous year questions on Probability — free to practice, unlock the correct answer & explanation with Premium.
Consider an event \(E\) such that a matrix of order \(2 \times 2\) is invertible with entries 0 or 1. Then, \(P(E)\) is (where \(P(X)\) denotes the probability of event \(X\) )
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If the probability that the random variable X takes the value x is given by , , where k is a constant, then is equal to
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Two balls are selected at random one by one without replacement from a bag containing \(4\) white and \(6\) black balls. If the probability that the first selected ball is black, given that the second selected ball is also black, is Where then is equal to
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Let \(A=\left[a_{i j}\right]\) be a \(2 \times 2\) matrix such that \(a_{i j} \in\{0,1\}\) for all \(i\) and \(j\). Let the random variable \(X\) denote the possible values of the determinant of the matrix A . Then, the variance of X is :
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A letter is known to have arrived by post either from KANPUR or from ANANTPUR. On the envelope, just two consecutive letters AN are visible.The probability that the letter came from ANANTPUR is:
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One die has two faces marked \(1\), two faces marked \(2\), one face marked \(3\) and one face marked \(4\). Another die has one face marked \(1,\) two faces marked \(2\), two faces marked \(3\) and one face marked \(4\). The probability of getting the sum of numbers to be \(4\) or \(5\), when both the dice are thrown together, is
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A fair die is thrown until 2 appears. Then the probability, that 2 appears in even number of throws, is
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A fair die is thrown until 2 appears. Then the probability, that 2 appears in even number of throws, is
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If the probability that the random variable X takes the value x is given by , , where k is a constant, then is equal to
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A and B alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws a sum of 5 before B throws a sum of 8, and B wins if he throws a sum of 8 before A throws a sum of 5. The probability, that A wins if A makes the first throw, is
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Let the sum of two positive integers be \(24.\) If the probability, that their product is not less than \(\frac{3}{4}\) times their greatest possible product, is \(\frac{m}{n}\), where \(\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1\), then \(n-m\) equals
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Let the sum of two positive integers be \(24.\) If the probability, that their product is not less than \(\frac{3}{4}\) times their greatest possible product, is \(\frac{m}{n}\), where \(\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1\), then \(n-m\) equals
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A bag contains unbiased coins and one coin with head on both sides. One coin drawn at random is tossed and head turns up. If the probability that the drawn coin was unbiased, is , then is equal to :
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If A and B are two events such that , and , where denotes the complement of B, then is equal:-
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A and B alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws a sum of 5 before B throws a sum of 8, and B wins if he throws a sum of 8 before A throws a sum of 5. The probability, that A wins if A makes the first throw, is
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Two persons \(A\) and \(B\) throws a pair of dice alternatively. For \(A\) to win he should throw sum of 5 before \(B\) throws sum of 8 . If \(A\) throws first, then the probability that \(A\) wins, is (24 Jan, Shift I, Memory Based)
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Let \(A\) and \(B\) are two events such that \(P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{10}\) and \(P(A / B)\) and \(P(B / A)\) are the roots of the equation \(12 x^2-7 x+1=0\), then \(\frac{P(\bar{A} \cup \bar{B})}{P(\bar{A} \cap \bar{B})}\) is equal to (22 Jan, Shift II, Memory Based)
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A 2×2 matrix form by elements {0,1} and random variable x be defined as value of determinat, then the variance is
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There are 3 bags which contain 4 white and 6 black, 6 white and 4 black, 5 white and 5 black balls respectively If 1 ball is randomly selected from a bag and is found to be white . Find the probability that ball came from bag .
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Three defective oranges are accidently mixed with seven good ones and on looking at them, it is not possible to differentiate between them. Two oranges are drawn at random from the lot. If \(x\) denote the number of defective oranges, then the variance of \(x\) is
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Two distinct numbers \(a\) and \(b\) are selected at random from \(1,2,3, \ldots, 50\). The probability, that their product \(a b\) is divisible by 3 , is
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A die has 2 faces of 1, 2 faces of 3, 1 face of 2, 1 face of 4. Another die having 2 faces of 2, 2 faces of 1, 1 face of 3, 1 face of 4 are tossed. Find probability of getting sum 4 or 5.
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A student appears for a quiz consisting of only true-false type questions and answers all the questions. The student knows the answers of some questions and guesses the answers for the remaining questions. Whenever the student knows the answer of a question, he gives the correct answer. Assume that the probability of the student giving the correct answer for a question, given that he has guessed it, is . Also assume that the probability of the answer for a question being guessed, given that the student's answer is correct, is . Then the probability that the student knows the answer of a randomly chosen question is
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Two numbers are randomly chosen from the set of natural numbers. Then, the probability that the value of is non-zero, equals
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The probability that certain electronic component fails when first used is 0.10 . If it does not fail immediately, the probability that it lasts for one year is 0.99 . The probability that a new component will last for one year is
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Let \(A\) and \(B\) are two events such that \(P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{10}\) and \(P(A / B)\) and \(P(B / A)\) are the roots of the equation \(12 x^2-7 x+1=0\), then \(\frac{P(\bar{A} \cup \bar{B})}{P(\bar{A} \cap \bar{B})}\) is equal to (22 Jan, Shift II, Memory Based)
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Two numbers are randomly chosen from the set of natural numbers. Then, the probability that the value of is non-zero, equals
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A bag contains 10 balls out of which \(k\) are red and \((10-k)\) are black, where \(0 \leq k \leq 10\). If three balls are drawn at random without replacement and all of them are found to be black, then the probability that the bag contains 1 red and 9 black balls is:
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Let \(A=\left[a_{i j}\right]\) be a square matrix of order \(2\) with entries either \(0\) or \(1\) . Let \(E\) be the event that \(A\) is an invertible matrix. Then the probability \(\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{E})\) is :
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A coin is tossed three times. Let \(X\) denote the number of times a tail follows a head. If \( \mu\) and \(\sigma^2\) denote the mean and variance of \(X\), then the value of \(64\left(\mu+\sigma^2\right)\) is
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A bag contains 10 balls out of which \(k\) are red and \((10-k)\) are black, where \(0 \leq k \leq 10\). If three balls are drawn at random without replacement and all of them are found to be black, then the probability that the bag contains 1 red and 9 black balls is:
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Bag \(1\) contains \(4\) white balls and \(5\) black balls, and Bag \(2\) contains n white balls and \(3\) black balls. One ball is drawn randomly from Bag \(1\) and transferred to Bag \(2\). A ball is then drawn randomly from Bag \(2\). If the probability, that the ball drawn is white, is \(\frac{29} { 45}\), then \(n\) is equal to :
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A bag contains coins - \(N\) fair coins, and one coin with 'Head' on both sides. A coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability of getting 'Head' is then \(N\) is equal to:
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A 2×2 matrix form by elements {0,1} and random variable x be defined as value of determinat, then the variance is
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A company has two plants \(A\) and \(B\) to manufacture motorcycles. \(60\)% motorcycles are manufactured at plant \(A\) and the remaining are manufactured at plant \(B\) .\(80\)% of the motorcycles manufactured at plant \(A\) are rated of the standard quality, while \(90\)% of the motorcycles manufactured at plant \(B\) are rated of the standard quality. A motorcycle picked up randomly from the total production is found to be of the standard quality. If \(p\) is the probability that it was manufactured at plant \(B\) , then \(126 p\) is
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A company has two plants \(A\) and \(B\) to manufacture motorcycles. \(60\)% motorcycles are manufactured at plant \(A\) and the remaining are manufactured at plant \(B\) .\(80\)% of the motorcycles manufactured at plant \(A\) are rated of the standard quality, while \(90\)% of the motorcycles manufactured at plant \(B\) are rated of the standard quality. A motorcycle picked up randomly from the total production is found to be of the standard quality. If \(p\) is the probability that it was manufactured at plant \(B\) , then \(126 p\) is
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Two distinct numbers \(a\) and \(b\) are selected at random from \(1,2,3, \ldots, 50\). The probability, that their product \(a b\) is divisible by 3 , is
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A bag contains unbiased coins and one coin with head on both sides. One coin drawn at random is tossed and head turns up. If the probability that the drawn coin was unbiased, is , then is equal to :
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A bag contains \(6\) blue and \(6\) green balls. Pairs of balls are drawn without replacement until the bag is empty. The probability that each drawn pair consists of one blue and one green ball is:
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A and B alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws a sum of 5 before B throws a sum of 8, and B wins if he throws a sum of 8 before A throws a sum of 5. The probability, that A wins if A makes the first throw, is
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Let a random variable X take values with and \(E\left(X^2\right)=2 E(X)\). Then the value of is :
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An integer is chosen at random from the integers \(1,2,3, \ldots, 50\). The probability that the chosen integer is a multiple of atleast one of 4, 6 and 7 is
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An integer is chosen at random from the integers \(1,2,3, \ldots, 50\). The probability that the chosen integer is a multiple of atleast one of 4, 6 and 7 is
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A candidate has to go to the examination centre to appear in an examination. The candidate uses only one means of transportation for the entire distance out of bus, scooter and car. The probabilities of the candidate going by bus, scooter and car, respectively, are and . The probabilities that the candidate reaches late at the examination centre are and , if the candidate uses bus, scooter and car, respectively. Given that the candidate reached late at the examination centre, the probability that the candidate travelled by bus is:
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If A and B are independent events such that then what is equal to?
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Consider an event \(E\) such that a matrix of order \(2 \times 2\) is invertible with entries 0 or 1. Then, \(P(E)\) is (where \(P(X)\) denotes the probability of event \(X\) )
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One die has two faces marked 1, two faces marked 2, one face marked 3 and one face marked 4. Another die has one face marked 1, two faces marked 2, two faces marked 3 and one face marked 4. The probability of getting the sum of numbers to be 4 or 5, when both the dice are thrown together, is
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Bag \(A\) contains \(3\) white, \(7\) red balls and Bag \(B\) contains \(3\) white, \(2\) red balls. One bag is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. The probability of drawing the ball from the bag A, if the ball drawn is white, is
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Bag \(A\) contains \(3\) white, \(7\) red balls and Bag \(B\) contains \(3\) white, \(2\) red balls. One bag is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. The probability of drawing the ball from the bag A, if the ball drawn is white, is
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If A and B are two events such that \(P(A \cap B)=0.1\), and \(P(A \mid B)\) and \(P(B \mid A)\) are the roots of the equation \(12 x^2-7 x+1=0\), then the value of \(\frac{\mathrm{P}(\overline{\mathrm{A}} \cup \overline{\mathrm{B}})}{\mathrm{P}(\overline{\mathrm{A}} \cap \overline{\mathrm{B}})}\) is:
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Let \(A=\left[a_{i j}\right]\) be a square matrix of order 2 with entries either 0 or 1 . Let \(E\) be the event that \(A\) is an invertible matrix. Then the probability \(\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{E})\) is :
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\(A\) and \(B\) alternately throw a pair of dice. \(A\) wins if he throws a sum of \(5\) before \(B\) throws a sum of \(8\), and \(B\) wins if he throws a sum of \(8\) before \(A\) throws a sum of \(5\). The probability, that \(A\) wins if \(A\) makes the first throw, is
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The probability, of forming a 12 persons committee from 4 engineers, 2 doctors and 10 professors containing at least 3 engineers and at least 1 doctor, is:
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A student appears for a quiz consisting of only true-false type questions and answers all the questions. The student knows the answers of some questions and guesses the answers for the remaining questions. Whenever the student knows the answer of a question, he gives the correct answer. Assume that the probability of the student giving the correct answer for a question, given that he has guessed it, is . Also assume that the probability of the answer for a question being guessed, given that the student's answer is correct, is . Then the probability that the student knows the answer of a randomly chosen question is
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If A and B are two events such that \(P(A \cap B)=0.1\), and \(P(A \mid B)\) and \(P(B \mid A)\) are the roots of the equation \(12 x^2-7 x+1=0\), then the value of \(\frac{\mathrm{P}(\overline{\mathrm{A}} \cup \overline{\mathrm{B}})}{\mathrm{P}(\overline{\mathrm{A}} \cap \overline{\mathrm{B}})}\) is:
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A man throws a fair coin repeatedly. He gets \(10\) points for each head he throws and \(5\) points for each tail he throws. If the probability that he gets exactly \(30\) points is , then \(m+n\) is equal to:
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If the probability that the random variable \(X\) takes the value \(x\) is given by , , where \(k\) is a constant, then is equal to
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If \(\ S \) is a set of words formed by all the letters of word "GARDEN", then find the probability that all vowels are not in alphabatical order:
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If A and B are two events such that , and , where denotes the complement of B, then is equal:-
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Bag \(B_1\) contains 6 white and 4 blue balls, Bag \(B_2\) contains 4 white and 6 blue balls, and Bag \(B_3\) contains 5 white and 5 blue balls. One of the bags is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is white, then the probability, that the ball is drawn from Bag \(B_2\), is :
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A die has 2 faces of 1, 2 faces of 3, 1 face of 2, 1 face of 4. Another die having 2 faces of 2, 2 faces of 1, 1 face of 3, 1 face of 4 are tossed. Find probability of getting sum 4 or 5.
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The coefficients in the quadratic equation are from the set . If the probability of this equation having one real root bigger than the other is , then equals :
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The coefficients in the quadratic equation are from the set . If the probability of this equation having one real root bigger than the other is , then equals :
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Bag 1 contains 4 white balls and 5 black balls, and Bag 2 contains n white balls and 3 black balls. One ball is drawn randomly from Bag 1 and transferred to Bag 2. A ball is then drawn randomly from Bag 2. If the probability, that the ball drawn is white, is \(29 / 45\), then \(n\) is equal to :
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If an unbiased dice is rolled thrice, then the probability of getting a greater number in the roll than the number obtained in the roll, , is equal to
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If an unbiased dice is rolled thrice, then the probability of getting a greater number in the roll than the number obtained in the roll, , is equal to
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The probabilities that players \(A\) and \( B\) of a team are selected for the captaincy for a tournament are \(0.6\) and \(0.4\), respectively. If \(A\) is selected as the captain, the probability that the team wins the tournament is \(0.8\) and if \(B\) is selected the captain, the probability that the team wins the tournament is \(0.7\). Then the probability, that the team wins the tournament, is:
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Two marbles are drawn in succession from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 15 orange marbles, with replacement being made after each drawing. Then the probability, that first drawn marble is red and second drawn marble is white, is
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Two marbles are drawn in succession from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 15 orange marbles, with replacement being made after each drawing. Then the probability, that first drawn marble is red and second drawn marble is white, is
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A bag has 7 good and 3 defected oranges. 2 oranges are chosen randomly. Find the variance of oranges being defected. (28 Jan, Shift I, Memory Based)
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The probability of getting 10 in a single throw of three fair dice is:
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The probability, of forming a 12 persons committee from 4 engineers, 2 doctors and 10 professors containing at least 3 engineers and at least 1 doctor, is:
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Bag \(B_1\) contains 6 white and 4 blue balls, Bag \(B_2\) contains 4 white and 6 blue balls, and Bag \(B_3\) contains 5 white and 5 blue balls. One of the bags is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is white, then the probability, that the ball is drawn from Bag \(B_2\), is :
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A bag has 7 good and 3 defected oranges. 2 oranges are chosen randomly. Find the variance of oranges being defected. (28 Jan, Shift I, Memory Based)
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There are 3 bags which contain 4 white and 6 black, 6 white and 4 black, 5 white and 5 black balls respectively If 1 ball is randomly selected from a bag and is found to be white . Find the probability that ball came from bag .
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Three students \(S_1, S_2\), and \(S_3\) are given a problem to solve. Consider the following events:
\(U\) : At least one of \(S_1, S_2\), and \(S_3\) can solve the problem,
\(V\) : \(S_1\) can solve the problem, given that neither \(S_2\) nor \(S_3\) can solve the problem,
\(W: S_2\) can solve the problem and \(S_3\) cannot solve the problem,
\(T: S_3\) can solve the problem.
For any event \(E\), let \(P(E)\) denote the probability of \(E\). If
then \(P(T)\) is equal to
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From a lot containing \(10\) defective and \(90\) non- defective bulbs, \(8\) bulbs are selected one by one with replacement. Then the probability of getting at least \(7\) defective bulbs is
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Three urns A, B and C contain 7 red, 5 black; 5 red, 7 black and 6 red, 6 black balls, respectively. One of the urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball drawn is black, then the probability that it is drawn from urn A is :
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Two persons \(A\) and \(B\) throws a pair of dice alternatively. For \(A\) to win he should throw sum of 5 before \(B\) throws sum of 8 . If \(A\) throws first, then the probability that \(A\) wins, is (24 Jan, Shift I, Memory Based)
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If \(\ S \) is a set of words formed by all the letters of word "GARDEN", then find the probability that all vowels are not in alphabatical order:
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