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A bag contains 5 white, 4 black and 2 red balls. Balls are drawn one by one without replacement. The probability that the 5th ball is a red ball, is
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Options:
  • A 211
  • B 411
  • C 37
  • D 611
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 211
If the 5th ball is a red ball either the first four ball are of other colour and 5th ball is red or the first four ball consist of 1 red ball, 3 other ball and 5th ball is red ball
Hence, the required probability = C 9 4 C 11 4 × 2 7 + C 9 3 × C 2 1 C 11 4 × 1 7
=9×8×7×611×10×9×8×27+9×8×7×2×411×10×9×8×17
=655+455=1055=211

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