Combinatorics (probability)

Let U 1 U_1 and U 2 U_2 be two urns such that U 1 U_1 contains 3 3 white and 2 2 red balls, and U 2 U_2 contains only 1 1 ball which is white in colour.A fair coin is tossed.If head appears then 1 1 ball is drawn at random from U 1 U_1 and put into U 2 U_2 .However, if tail appears then 2 2 balls are drawn from U 1 U_1 and put into U 2 U_2 .Now 1 1 ball is drawn at random from U 2 . U_2. What is the probability that the ball is white?. \mathbb{\text{What is the probability that the ball is white?.}} The answer is of the form \mathbb{\text{The answer is of the form}} p q \dfrac{p}{q} what is the value of p+q? \mathbb{\text{what is the value of p+q?}} This is a JEE-2011 problem. \mathbb{\text{This is a JEE-2011 problem.}}


The answer is 53.

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Stanisław Kozik
Dec 15, 2014

You need to draw a probability tree.

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