CMAT 2022 Solved Question Paper

Question : 18 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

A bag contains 6 red balls, 11 yellow balls and 5 pink balls. If two balls are drawn at a random from the bag, one after another. What is the probability that the first ball drawn was red and the second ball drawn was yellow in colour?

$3/14$
$5/7$
$1/7$
$1/14$

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Solution:

There are 6 red balls, 11 yellow balls and 5 pink balls
Total number of balls

=6+11+5=22

Probability of selecting red ball

=6/22

After selecting one ball, there are 21 balls left
Probability of selecting yellow ball =

11/21

Therefore, probability

= 6/22 × 11/21 = 1/7

Answer is option C.

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