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A bag contains 1 white and 6 red balls, and a second bag contains 4 white and 3 red balls. One of the bags is picked up at random and a ball is randomly drawn from it, and is found to be white in colour. Find the probability that the drawn ball was from the first bag.

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To solve the problem step by step, we will use Bayes' theorem. ### Step 1: Define the events Let: - \( E_1 \): Event that the first bag is chosen. - \( E_2 \): Event that the second bag is chosen. - \( A \): Event that a white ball is drawn. ...
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