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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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Options:
  • A 225
  • B 425
  • C 23
  • D 475
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 475

Given marbles are:

10R, 30W, 20B, 15O

We know that, PE=Number of favourable outcomesTotal number of outcomes

Also, PA and B=PA×PB, where A and B are independent events.

Probability of drawing first marble red and then white is given by,

PE=1075×3075

PE=475

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