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MathematicsProbabilityTotal probability/Bay's TheoremMedium2 minPYQ_2013
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Paragraph: A box contains white ball, red balls and black balls. Another box contains white balls, red balls and black balls. A third box contains white balls, red balls and black balls.
Question: If balls are drawn (without replacement) from a randomly selected box and one of the balls is white and the other ball is red, the probability that these balls are drawn from box is

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

LetA :one ball is white and other is red
E1 :both balls are from boxB1
E2 :both ball are from boxB2
E3 :both ball are from boxB3
Hence,Prequired=PE2A
= P A E 2 · P E 2 P A E 1 · P E 1 + P A E 2 · P E 2 + P A E 3 · P E 3
= 2 C 1 × 3 C 1 9 C 2 × 1 3 1 C 1 × 3 C 1 6 C 2 × 1 3 + 2 C 1 × 3 C 1 9 C 2 × 1 3 + 3 C 1 × 4 C 1 1 2 C 2 × 1 3
= 1 6 1 5 + 1 6 + 2 1 1
= 5 5 1 8 1

Stream:JEE_ADVSubject:MathematicsTopic:ProbabilitySubtopic:Total probability/Bay's Theorem
2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2013

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