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Q.

Given two bags A and B follows: bag A contains 3 red and 2 white balls and bag B contains 2 red and 5 white balls. A bag is selected at random, a ball is drawn and put into the other bag, and then a ball is drawn from the second bag. The probability that both balls drawn are of the same color is

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a

1871680

b

9011680

c

4391680

d

None

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

The whole event consists of the following mutually exclusive ways.

(1) Selecting the bag A, drawing a red ball from A and putting it into bag B and then drawing a red ball from B.

(2) Selecting the bag A, drawing a white ball from A and putting it into bag B and then drawing a white ball from B.

(3) Selecting the bag B, drawing a red ball from B and putting it into A and then drawing a red ball from A.

(4) Selecting the bag B, drawing a white ball from B and putting it into A and then drawing a white ball from A.

The required probability is =12×35×38+12×25×34+12×27×23+12×57×12

                                                 =980+320+221+528=9011680

 

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