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June 2013 p61 q7
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Box A contains 8 white balls and 2 yellow balls. Box B contains 5 white balls and x yellow balls. A ball is chosen at random from box A and placed in box B. A ball is then chosen at random from box B. The tree diagram below shows the possibilities for the colours of the balls chosen.

(i) Justify the probability \(\frac{x}{x+6}\) on the tree diagram.

(ii) Copy and complete the tree diagram.

(iii) If the ball chosen from box A is white then the probability that the ball chosen from box B is also white is \(\frac{1}{3}\). Show that the value of \(x\) is 12.

(iv) Given that the ball chosen from box B is yellow, find the conditional probability that the ball chosen from box A was yellow.

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