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Introduction to probability
Question

A bag contains 5 balls of unknown colors such that a ball is drawn at random from it and is found to be white.

 The probability that bag contains only white balls is 

Moderate
Solution

 Let Wi(i=1,2,3,4,5) denotes i white balls and (5i) denotes 

 other coloured balls.

 W denotes event of selecting white ball.

PWWi=i5,(i=1,2,3,4,5)PWi=15,(i=1,2,3,4,5)

Probability of occurrence of W given W5  has occurred

PWW5=PW5PWW5i=15PWiPWWi=15×11515+25+35+45+55=13 Therefore, the correct answer is 0.33        Baye's theorem

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