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Published on: August 14, 2026

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. The probability of drawing a white ball from the second urn is –

A
B
C
D

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The correct answer is:
D

A ball from first urn can be drawn is two mannars

ball is white or ball is black

P(w) = P(b) =

Let E → selecting a white ball from second urn after a ball from urn first has been placed into it

P(E) = P(w) P(E/W) + P(b) P(E/B) = × + =

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