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An urn contains 5 white and 7 black balls. A second urn contains 7 white and 8 black balls. One ball is transfered from the 1st urn to the 2nd urn without noticing its colour. A ball is now drawn at random from the 2nd urn. The probability that it is white is

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49192
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39192
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99192
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89192
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Solution

The correct option is D 89192
Let E1 be the event first ball is white and E2 be the event first ball is black.
P(E1)=512,P(E2)=712
Let E be the event ball drawn from 2nd urn is white.
P(EE1)=816 andP(EE2)=716
Using Total Theorem of probablity,
P(E)=P(E1).P(E/E1)+P(E2).P(E/E2)
P(E)=512×816+712×716=40+49192=89192

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