1) Bag A contains 3 red balls and 2 yellow balls
Bag B contains 4 red and 5 yellow balls
A ball is drawn at random from A and placed in B
subsequently, a ball is drawn at random from B and placed in A
a) what is the chance that if the ball is now drawn from A it will be red?
ans: 143/250
b) if this ball is in fact red. what is the probability that the first two balls drawn are also red?
ans: 45/143
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2) A man chooses a painting at random from a group containing 8 originals and 2 copies.
He consults an expert whose probability of judging either an original or a copy correctly is 5/6.
a) if the expert considers that the chosen painting is an original, what is the probability that this is really so? ANS: 20/21
b) if the experts considers that the painting is a copy and the man returns it and chooses another painting at random from the other nine, what is the probability that this second painting is original?
ANS: 68/81
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