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A box contains 6 balls of unknown colours. 3 balls are drawn and they are found to be white. Then the probability that all 6 balls are white balls is

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a

716

b

47

c

135

d

916

answer is B.

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Out of 6 balls 3 are drawn and found to be white. So, the box contains minimum 3 white balls. 

A=Out of 6 balls exactly 3 are white,

B=Out of 6 balls exactly 4 are white,

C=A=Out of 6 balls exactly 5 are white

D= all 6 balls are white

E=Selected  3 ball are white

PD/E=PDPE/DP(E) PD/E=PDPE/DPAPE/A+PBPE/B+PCPE/C+PDPE/DPAll balls are white/3 balls are white= 6C3 3C3+4C3+5C3+6C3 PAll balls are white/3 balls are white=201+4+10+20=2035=47 Using Baye’s theorem Required probability =47

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A box contains 6 balls of unknown colours. 3 balls are drawn and they are found to be white. Then the probability that all 6 balls are white balls is