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A bag contains 5 red, 3 black balls and another   bag contains 4 red and 5 black balls. One of the bags is chosen at random and a draw of two balls is made from it. The chance that one is red and the other is black is

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a

275/504

b

145/345

c

71/126

d

87/99

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

One bag is selected at randompA=12       pB=122balls are drawn from a selected bagE=drawing one red and one black from the selected bag.P(E/A)=5c1.3c18c2,P(E/B)=4c1.5c19c2Required Probability=P(E)=P(A)P(E/A)+P(B)P(E/B) =     12.5c1.3c18c2+124c1.5c19c2=12.5.38×71×2+12.4×59×81×2=1556+518=275504

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