JEE Main On 08 April 2018 Question 9
Question: A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag, its colour is observed and this ball along with two additional balls of the same colour are returned to the bag. If now a ball is drawn at random from the bag, then the probability that this drawn ball is red, is: [JEE Main Online 08-04-2018]
Options:
A) $ \frac{1}{5} $
B) $ \frac{3}{4} $
C) $ \frac{3}{10} $
D) $ \frac{2}{5} $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
Req. Probability =RR+BR
$ =\frac{4}{10}\times \frac{6}{12}+\frac{6}{10}\times \frac{4}{12} $
$ =\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}=45 $
