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Bag A contains 3 Red and 4 Black balls while Bag B contains 5 Red and 6 Black balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and is found to be red. Then, the probability that it was drawn from Bag B is
1. $\frac{35}{68}$
2. $\frac{7}{38}$
3. $\frac{14}{37}$
4. $\frac{34}{43}$





Solution

Step 1: Define events.
Let: • A = ball drawn from Bag A • B = ball drawn from Bag B • R = ball drawn is Red

Since a bag is chosen at random: $$P(A) = P(B) = \tfrac{1}{2}$$

Step 2: Probability of Red from each bag.
• From Bag A: $$P(R|A) = \tfrac{3}{3+4} = \tfrac{3}{7}$$ • From Bag B: $$P(R|B) = \tfrac{5}{5+6} = \tfrac{5}{11}$$

Step 3: Total probability of Red.
$$P(R) = P(A)P(R|A) + P(B)P(R|B)$$ $$= \tfrac{1}{2}\cdot\tfrac{3}{7} + \tfrac{1}{2}\cdot\tfrac{5}{11}$$ $$= \tfrac{3}{14} + \tfrac{5}{22}$$ $$= \tfrac{33}{154} + \tfrac{35}{154} = \tfrac{68}{154} = \tfrac{34}{77}$$

Step 4: Apply Bayes’ Theorem.
$$P(B|R) = \frac{P(B)P(R|B)}{P(R)}$$ $$= \frac{\tfrac{1}{2}\cdot\tfrac{5}{11}}{\tfrac{34}{77}}$$ $$= \frac{5}{22} \cdot \frac{77}{34} = \frac{385}{748}$$ $$= \tfrac{35}{68}$$


Correct Probability: $\tfrac{35}{68}$

Answer: Option 1



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