BITSAT 2023Paper 1
- Exam
- BITSAT
- Year
- 2023
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Probability
BITSAT 2023 · Paper 1 · Mathematics · Probability
Bag P contains 6 red and 4 blue balls and bag Q contains 5 red and...
Bag contains 6 red and 4 blue balls and bag contains 5 red and 6 blue balls. A ball is transferred from bag to bag and then a ball is drawn from bag . What is the probability that the ball drawn is blue?
Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
Let be the events defined as follows:
red ball is transferred from bag to bag
blue ball is transferred from bag to bag
the ball drawn from bag is blue
As the bag contains 6 red and 4 blue balls,
Note that are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events.
When has occurred i.e., a red ball has already been transferred from bag to , then bag will contain 6 red and 6 blue balls, So, \\ When has occurred i.e., a blue ball has already been transferred from bag to , then bag will contain 5 red and 7 blue balls, So,
By using law of total probability, we get
P \left(A \mid E_2\right)\frac{3}{5}\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{5}\frac{7}{12}=\frac{8}{15}
red ball is transferred from bag to bag
blue ball is transferred from bag to bag
the ball drawn from bag is blue
As the bag contains 6 red and 4 blue balls,
Note that are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events.
When has occurred i.e., a red ball has already been transferred from bag to , then bag will contain 6 red and 6 blue balls, So, \\ When has occurred i.e., a blue ball has already been transferred from bag to , then bag will contain 5 red and 7 blue balls, So,
By using law of total probability, we get
P \left(A \mid E_2\right)\frac{3}{5}\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{5}\frac{7}{12}=\frac{8}{15}