Bag I contains 3 black and 2 white balls. Bag II contains 2 black and 4 white balls. A bag is selected at random and then a ball is drawn from it. The probability that the ball drawn is black is:
Bag I contains 3 black and 2 white balls. Bag II contains 2 black and 4 white balls. A bag is selected at random and then a ball is drawn from it. The probability that the ball drawn is black is:
Solution
Bag I contains 3 black and 2 white balls, giving a total of 5 balls.
Bag II contains 2 black and 4 white balls, giving a total of 6 balls.
A bag is selected at random, then a ball is drawn from the selected bag.
The probability of selecting each bag:
P(selecting Bag I)
P(selecting Bag II)
The probability of drawing a black ball from each bag:
P(Black ball from Bag I)
P(Black ball from Bag II)
A black ball can be drawn in two ways: selecting Bag I and drawing black, or selecting Bag II and drawing black.
P(Black ball) P(Bag I) P(Black from I) P(Bag II) P(Black from II)
The LCM of 10 and 6 is 30.
Therefore, the probability that the ball drawn is black is .
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