Box1 contains 3 blue marbles and 2 red marbles while box2 contains 2 blue marbles and 5 red marbles. Theprobability of selecting box 1 is thrice the chance ofselecting box 2. A marble is drawn at random from one ofthe boxes turns out to be blue, what is the probability thatit came from the box 1 ?A73/140B 63/73C) 10/73D63/140

define events B=blue marble R=red marble X=first box, Y=second box first box has 3 blue and 2 red…

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