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 :
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)✓ Correct
- (D)
Answer: (C)
Solution
Let be the events of picking bag A or B, and the event of drawing a white ball.
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By Bayes' theorem,
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