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Bag A has 4 green and 6 red shirts while bag B has 2 green and 3 red shirts. What is the probability that the shirt is taken from bag B, knowing that the shirt is green?1. \(1\over 4\)2. \(1\over 3\)3. \(1\over 2\)4. \(2\over 3\) |
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Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : \(1\over 2\) Concept: General Rule:
For any two independent events A and B, if P(A) and P(B) is their probability of occurring then:
Conditional Probability: If there are two cases A and B having a probability of P(A) and P(B), then, Probability of A happens given that B definitely has happened P(A|B) = \(\rm P(A\;∩\; B)\over P( B)\) Calculation: In the given case Case A: Selecting the bag and there are 2 bags having an equal possibility of getting choose ∴ P(A) = \(1\over2 \) Case B: Selection of the green shirt from any bag ∴ P(B) = \({4\over 10} + {2\over 5}\) = \(4\over 5\) Now P(A ∩ B) = P(A) × P(B) ⇒ P(A ∩ B) = \(1\over2 \) × \(4\over 5\) = \(2\over 5\) Probability of case A happens given that case B definitely has happened P(A|B) = \(\rm P(A\;∩ \;B)\over P( B)\) ⇒ P(A|B) = \({2\over5}\over{4\over5}\) = \(\boldsymbol{1\over2 }\) |
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