Three boxes $\mathrm{B}_1, \mathrm{~B}_2$ and $\mathrm{B}_3$ contain balls with different colors as follows:…

Three boxes $\mathrm{B}_1, \mathrm{~B}_2$ and $\mathrm{B}_3$ contain balls with different colors as follows: \begin{array}{cccc} & White & Black & Red \\ \mathrm{B}_1 & 2 & 1 & 2 \\ \mathrm{~B}_2 & 3 & 2 & 4 \\ \mathrm{~B}_3 & 4 & 3 & 2 \end{array} A die is thrown. Box $B_1$ is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. Box $B_2$ is chosen if 3 or 4 turns up and box $B_3$ is chosen if 5 or 6 turns up. Having chosen a box in this way, a ball is drawn at random from that box. If the ball drawn is found to be Red, then the probability that it is drawn from box $\mathrm{B}_2$ is
  1. $\frac{7}{12}$
  2. $\frac{5}{12}$
  3. $\frac{1}{12}$
  4. $\frac{3}{26}$

Solution

If 1 or 2 turns up, box $B_1$ is selected Hence, $P\left(B_1\right)=\frac{2}{6}$ Similary, $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}_2\right)=\frac{2}{6}$ and $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}_3\right)=\frac{2}{6}$ For box $\mathrm{B}_1$ : Total number of balls $=5$ No. of red balls $=2$ $\therefore$ Probability of red ball $=\frac{2}{5} \Rightarrow P\left(\frac{R}{B_1}\right)=\frac{2}{5}$ Similarly, $\mathrm{P}\left(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{\mathrm{B}_2}\right)=\frac{4}{9}$ and $\mathrm{P}\left(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{\mathrm{B}_3}\right)=\frac{2}{9}$ Now, the required probability is $P\left(\frac{B_2}{R}\right)=\frac{P\left(\frac{R}{B_2}\right) P\left(B_2\right)}{P\left(\frac{R}{B_1}\right) P\left(B_1\right)+P\left(\frac{R}{B_2}\right) P\left(B_2\right)+P\left(\frac{R}{B_3}\right) P\left(B_3\right)}$ $=\frac{\frac{4}{9} \times \frac{2}{6}}{\frac{2}{6} \times \frac{2}{5}+\frac{4}{9} \times \frac{2}{6}+\frac{2}{9} \times \frac{2}{6}}=\frac{5}{12}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2023 (17 May Shift 2)

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