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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 in white, is :
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Options:
  • A 14
  • B 19
  • C 13
  • D 310
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 13

Given: Given balls in bags are A3W, 7RB3W, 2R

Let, E1:A is selected

E2:B is selected

and E: white ball is drawn

Using Baye's theorem,
PE1E=P(E1)·PEE1PE1·PEE1+PE2·PEE2

PE1E=12×31012×310+12×35

PE1E=320320+620

PE1E=33+6

PE1E=13

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