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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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`(1)/(15),(2)/(5),(8)/(15)`
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