A bag contains 4 red and 6 green balls. A ball is drawn at random. Its colour is noted and is returned to the bag. One additional ball of the colour drawn is put in the bag. Again a ball is then drawn from the bag. The probability of this ball to be of green colour is
A bag contains 4 red and 6 green balls. A ball is drawn at random. Its colour is noted and is returned to the bag. One additional ball of the colour drawn is put in the bag. Again a ball is then drawn from the bag. The probability of this ball to be of green colour is
Solution
The bag initially contains 4 red balls and 6 green balls, for a total of 10 balls.
A ball is drawn, its color is noted, it is returned to the bag, and one additional ball of the same color is added. Then a second ball is drawn.
The second ball can be green in two scenarios: either the first ball drawn was red, or the first ball drawn was green.
If the first ball drawn is red:
Probability of drawing a red ball first:
After returning the red ball and adding one more red ball, the bag contains 5 red balls and 6 green balls, for a total of 11 balls.
Probability of drawing a green ball second:
Combined probability for this scenario:
If the first ball drawn is green:
Probability of drawing a green ball first:
After returning the green ball and adding one more green ball, the bag contains 4 red balls and 7 green balls, for a total of 11 balls.
Probability of drawing a green ball second:
Combined probability for this scenario:
The total probability that the second ball is green:
Therefore, the probability of the second ball being green is .
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