Bag I contains 4 white and 6 black balls while another Bag Il contains 4 white and 3 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it is found to be black. Find the probability that it was drawn from Bag II.

Bag I contains 4 white and 6 black balls while another Bag Il contains 4 white and 3 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it is found to be black. Find the probability that it was drawn from Bag II.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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Bag I contains 4 white and 6 black balls while another Bag Il
contains 4 white and 3 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from
one of the bags and it is found to be black. Find the probability that it
was drawn from Bag II.

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