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Bag A contains 2 white, 1 black and 3 red balls and bag B contains 3 black, 2 red and n white balls. One bag is chosen at random and 2 balls drawn from it at random, are found to be 1 red and 1 black. If the probability that both balls come from Bag A is 611, then n is equal to _____ .

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a

13

b

6

c

4

d

3

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

E1 = denotes selection for 1st bag
E2 = denotes selection for 2nd bag
PE1=12,PE2=12
A = selected balls are 1 red & 1 black
PAE1= 3C1×1C1 6C2=15PAE1= 3C1×2C1(n+5)C2=12(n+5)(n+4)
PE1A=PE1×PAE1PE1×PAE1+PE2×PAE2=611611=110110+6(n+5)(n+4)n+5n+4n+5n+4+60=61111n2+9n+20=6n2+9n+80n2+9n-52=0n+13n-4=0n=4

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