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Suppose we have four boxes A,B,C and D containing coloured marbles as given below : One of the boxes has been selected at random and a single marble is drawn from it. If the marble is red, what is the probability that it was drawn from box A? bo

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R=choosing the red marble.

`E_{A^{prime}}`= selecting the box A

`E_{B^{prime}}`= selecting the box B

`E_{C}`= selecting the box C

Total marbles =`40`

red marbles =`15`

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