JEE Main · 2024 · 30 Jan 2024 · Shift 2 · Probability

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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 :
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)✓ Correct
  4. (D)

Answer: (C)

Solution

Let be the events of picking bag A or B, and the event of drawing a white ball.

, , .

By Bayes' theorem,
.

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