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Two bags, X and Y, each contain green marbles (G) and blue marbles (B) only.
- Bag X contains 5 green marbles and 4 blue marbles
- Bag Y contains 6 green marbles and 5 blue marbles
A marble is selected at random from bag X and placed in bag Y
A second marble is selected at random from bag X and placed in bag Y
A third marble is then selected, this time from bag Y
(a) Use this information to complete the tree diagram shown on page 7
Tree diagram
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(b) Find the probability that the 2 marbles selected from bag X are of different colours.
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(c) Find the probability that all 3 marbles selected are the same colour.
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Given that all three marbles selected are the same colour,
(d) find the probability that they are all green.
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解答
(a)
解法一
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从 bag X 连续取两次且不放回,所以第二次概率会根据第一次颜色改变。第三次从 bag Y 取,要把前两次转移进 bag Y 的球也算进去。
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The missing second-branch probabilities from bag X are
P(G∣G)=84,P(B∣G)=84,
and
P(G∣B)=85,P(B∣B)=83.
For the third marble from bag Y:
GG:P(G)=138,P(B)=135,GB or BG:P(G)=137,P(B)=136,BB:P(G)=136,P(B)=137.
(b)
解法一
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前两次从 X 取出不同颜色,有 GB 和 BG 两种顺序。
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P(different colours)==95⋅84+94⋅8595.
(c)
解法一
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三颗同色只能是 GGG 或 BBB。
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P(all same)==95⋅84⋅138+94⋅83⋅13723461.
(d)
解法一
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条件概率分母是“三颗同色”,分子是“三颗都是绿色”。
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P(GGG)=95⋅84⋅138=11720.
Therefore
P(GGG∣all same)==23461117206140.