A bag contains 2 white, 3 green and 5 red balls. If three balls are drawn one after the other without…

A bag contains 2 white, 3 green and 5 red balls. If three balls are drawn one after the other without replacement, then the probability that the last ball drawn was red is
  1. $\frac{2}{3}$
  2. $\frac{3}{4}$
  3. $\frac{5}{9}$
  4. $\frac{1}{2}$

Solution

Since, A bag has 2 white, 3 green and 5 red balls. Now, number of ways of choosing 3 ball such that last ball is $\mathrm{red}=8 \times 9 \times 5$ So, required probability $=\frac{8 \times 9 \times 5}{10 \times 9 \times 8}=\frac{1}{2}$.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2024 (19 May Shift 2)

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