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Clavis TMUA Set B Paper 1 · Q18

Paper 1Probability

Box AA contains 22 red counters and 33 blue counters. Box BB contains 33 red counters and 11 blue counter.

A fair coin is tossed. If it lands heads, a counter is taken at random from box AA; if tails, a counter is taken at random from box BB.

The counter taken is red. Find the probability that it came from box BB.

A15\frac15
B38\frac38
C2340\frac{23}{40}
D35\frac35
E1523\frac{15}{23}
F34\frac34

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