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Q29. In game, cards bearing numbers 1 to 500, one on each card, are put in a box. Each player selects one card at random and that card is not replaced. If the selected card bears a number which is a perfect square of an even number, the player wins prize. What is the probability that 

   (i) the first player wins prize?

   (ii) the second player wins prize, if the first has not won?

Ans(i): 11/500 since there are 11 numbera whose perfect squares are below 500. From 2 to 22.
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Ans(ii) : 11/499 since after the first card it taken by the first player and not replaced, there will be only 499 cards left.
Therefore: probability=11/499.
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