A ship is fitted with three engines $${E_1},{E_2}$$ and $${E_3}$$. The engines function independently of each other with respective probabilities $${1 \over 2},{1 \over 4}$$ and $${1 \over 4}$$. For the ship to be operational at least two of its engines must function. Let $$X$$ denote the event that the ship is operational and Let $${X_1},{X_2}$$ and $${X_3}$$ denote respectively the events that the engines $${E_1},{E_2}$$ and $${E_3}$$ are functioning. Which of the following is (are) true?

The total number of ways in which 5 balls of different colours can be distributed among 3 persons so that each person gets at least one ball is

The locus of the mid-point of the chord of contact of tangents drawn from points lying on the straight line 4x - 5y = 20 to the circle $${x^2}\, + \,{y^2} = 9$$ is

The ellipse $${E_1}:{{{x^2}} \over 9} + {{{y^2}} \over 4} = 1$$ is inscribed in a rectangle $$R$$ whose sides are parallel to the coordinate axes. Another ellipse $${E_2}$$ passing through the point $$(0, 4)$$ circumscribes the rectangle $$R$$. The eccentricity of the ellipse $${E_2}$$ is