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Q.

A bowl has 6 red marbles and 3 green marbles. The probability that a blind folded person will draw a red marble on the second draw from the bowl without replacing the marble from the first draw, is 

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a

14

b

34

c

  23

d

13

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Consider, the events, E1,E2 

  E1= red marbles in first draw

 E2=  green marbles in first draw

A = red marble in second draw without replacement 

  PE1=69,PE2=39PA/E1=58  ,P1A/E2=68

      Required probability

   P(A)=PE1×PA/E1+PE2×PA/E2=69×58+39×68=30+1872=4872=23

  Hence, option (a) is correct .

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