The following table shows the probability of selecting the boxes $A, B$ and $C$ and the number of balls of…

The following table shows the probability of selecting the boxes $A, B$ and $C$ and the number of balls of different colours contained in them.
  1. $\frac{1}{13}$
  2. $\frac{6}{13}$
  3. $\frac{5}{13}$
  4. $\frac{7}{13}$

Solution

Probability of green ball $P(G)$ $ \begin{aligned} & =\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{2}{6}+\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{3}{6}+\frac{1}{6} \times \frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{36} \\ & =\frac{6+6+1}{36}=\frac{13}{36} \end{aligned} $ Let probability of drawn ball is green comes from bag $C$ is $P\left(\frac{C}{G}\right)$, then $ P\left(\frac{C}{G}\right)=\frac{P\left(\frac{G}{C}\right) \times P(C)}{P(G)}=\frac{\frac{1}{6} \times \frac{1}{6}}{\frac{13}{36}}=\frac{1}{36} \times \frac{36}{13}=\frac{1}{13} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (21 Apr Shift 1)

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