Total Probability Theorem and Bayes' Theorem

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Important Questions on Total Probability Theorem and Bayes' Theorem

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In a bolt factory, machines X,Y,Z manufacture bolts that are respectively 25%,35% and 40% of the factory's total output. The machines X,Y,Z respectively produce 2%,4% and 5% defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the product and is found to be defective. What is the probability that it was manufactured by machine X ?

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In a group of 400 people, 160 are smokers and non-vegetarian; 100 are smokers and vegetarian and the remaining 140 are non-smokers and vegetarian. Their chances of getting a particular chest disorder are 35%,20% and 10% respectively. A person is chosen from the group at random and is found to be suffering from the chest disorder. The probability that the selected person is a smoker and non-vegetarian is :

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Of cigarette smoking population 70% are men and 30% are women, 10% of these men and 20% of these women smoke Wills. The probability that a person seen smoking a Wills to be men is

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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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In four schools B1, B2 , B3, B4 the percentage of girls students is 12, 20, 13, 17, respectively. From a school selected at random, one student is picked up at random, and it is found that the student is a girl. The probability that the school selected is B2, is

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Bag A contains 4 green and 3 red balls and bag B contains 4 red and 3 green balls. One bag is taken at random and a ball is drawn and noted it is green. The probability that it comes from bag B is

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There are two boxes. One box contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls. The other box contains 7 yellow balls and 3 black balls. If a box is selected at random and from it, a ball is drawn, the probability that the ball is black is

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A student answers a multiple choice question with 5 alternatives, of which exactly one is correct. The probability that he knows the correct answer is p, 0<p<1. If he does not know the correct answer, he randomly ticks one answer. Given that he has answered the question correctly, the probability that he did not tick the answer randomly, is