Total Probability Theorem

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KVPY Aptitude Test - Stream SA
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Important Questions on Total Probability Theorem

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A bag contains 20 coins. If the probability that the bag contains exactly 4 biased coin is 13 and that of exactly 5 biased coin is 23, then the probability that all the biased coin are sorted out from the bag in exactly 10 draws is

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There are two urns. There are m white & n black balls in the first urn and p white & q black balls in the second urn. One ball is taken from the first urn & placed into the second. Now, the probability of drawing a white ball from the second urn is

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A purse contains 2 six-sided dice. One is a normal fair die, while the other has two 1's, two 3's, and two 5's. A die is picked up and rolled. Because of some secret magnetic attraction of the unfair die, there is 75% chance of picking the unfair die and a 25% chance of picking a fair die. The die is rolled and shows up the face 3. The probability that a fair die was picked up is