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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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Important Questions on Probability

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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?

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Urn I has 2 white and 3 black balls, urn II has 4 white and 1 black balls and urn III has 3 white and 4 black balls. An urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn at random. If the ball drawn is white, then what is the probability that urn I is selected?

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A fair die is rolled. If face 1 turns up, a ball is drawn from bag A. If face 2 or 3 turn up, a ball is drawn from bag B. If face 4 or 5 or 6 turn up, a ball is drawn from bag C. Bag A contains 3 red and 2 white balls, bag B contains 3 red and 4 white balls and bag C contains 4 red and 5 white balls. The die is rolled, a bag is picked up and a ball is drawn. If the ball drawn is red, what is the probability that it is drawn from bag B?

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Each of three identical jewellery boxes have two drawers. In each drawers of the first box there is a gold watch. In each drawers of the second box there is a silver watch. In one drawer of the third box there is a gold watch while in the other there is a silver watch. If we select a box at random, open one of the drawers and find it containing a silver watch, then what is the probability that the other drawer has a gold watch?

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In a bolt factory, three machines A, B and C manufacture 25%, 35% and 40% of the total production respectively. Of their respective outputs, 5%4%and 2% are defective. A bolt is drawn at random from the products and is found to be defective. Find the probability that it was manufactured by machine C.
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A factory has three machines A, B and C producing 1500, 2500 and 3000 bulbs per day respectively. Machine A produces 1.5% defective bulbs, machine B produces 2%  defective bulbs and machine C produces  2.5% defective bulbs. At the end of the day, a bulb is drawn at random and it is found to be defective. What is the probability that this defective bulb has been produced by machine B?