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Of the students in a school, it is known that 30% have 100% attendance and 70% students are irregular. Previous years result report that 70% of all students who have 100% attendance attain A grade and 10% irregular students attain A grade. At the end of the year, one student is chosen at random and he was found to have on A grade. What is the probability that the student has 100% attendance?

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Important Questions on Probability

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It is known that 60% students in a college reside in hostel while remaining 40% are day scholars.30% of all students who reside in hostel attain A grade and 20% of day scholars attain A grade. If one randomly chosen student has A grade, then what is the probability that he lives in the hostel?

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In a certain college, 4% of boys and 1% of girls are taller than 1.75 metres. Furthermore, 60% of the students in the college are girls. A student is selected at random from the college and is found to be taller than 1.75 metres. Find the probability that the selected student is a girl.
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A company has two plants to manufacture scooters. Plant I manufactures 80%  of the scooters and plant II manufactures 20%. At plant I, 85 out of 100  scooters are rated as of standard quality and at plant II, 65 out of 100 scooters are rated as of standard quality. A scooter is chosen at random and is found to be of standard quality. What is the probability that it has come from plant I?

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In a class, having 60% boys, 5% of the boys and 10% of the girls have an I.Q. of more than 150. A student is selected at random and found to have an I.Q. of more than 150. Find the probability that the selected student is a boy.

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A man is known to speak truth 4 out of 5 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. Find the probability that it is actually a six.

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A man is known to speak truth 3 out of  5 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a number greater than 4. Find the probability that it is actually a number greater than  4.
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There are three urns containing 2 white and 3 black balls, 3 white and 2 black balls, and, 4 white and 1 black balls respectively. There is an equal opportunity of each urn being chosen. A ball is drawn at random from the chosen urns and it is found to be white. Find the probability that the ball drawn is from the second urn.
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Urn I has 2 white and 3 black balls, urn II has 4 white and 1 black ball and urn III has 3 white and 4 black balls. An urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of drawing a white ball?