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Bag I contains

   

black and

   

white balls, Bag II contains

   

black and

   

white balls. A bag and a ball is selected at random. Determine the probability of selecting a black ball.

According to the question:

Bag

   

has

   

B,

   

W balls and Bag

   

has

   

B,

   

W balls.

Let

   

 = The event that bag

   

is selected

   

 = The event that bag

   

is selected

And, E = The event that a black ball is selected

Now, the probabilities are:

Therefore, the required probability is

   

.