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…

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 _____
  1. 13
  2. 6
  3. 4
  4. 3

Solution

Let E1 event denotes the selection for 1st bag

and E2 event denotes the selection for 2nd bag

Given PE1=12,PE2=12

Let the event A= selected balls are 1 red & 1 black

PAE1=C13×C11C26=15

PAE2=C13×C12n+5C2=12n+5n+4

PE1 A=PE1×PAE1PE1×PAE1+PE2×PAE2

12×1512×15+6n+5n+4=611

n=4

Asked in: JEE Main 2022 (24 Jun Shift 1)

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