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abhi and ash picks up a ball at random from a bag containing M red n N yellow balls,one after the other replacing ball every time until one of them gets a red ball.the first one to get the red ball is the winner,if abhi begins ,n odds are in favour of his winning the game are 3 to 2,find the ratio M:N

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Kapil Dev Mishra  (11 years ago)

Ans: 2:3

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Odds in Favor:
Odds m:n (read aloud "m to n") in favor of an event mean we expect the event will occur m times for every n times it does not occur. When the odd in favor of an event are m:n, the probability the event will occur is given as m/(m+n).

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Dharmraj Verma  (12 years ago)

2/5 = M/(M+N)
3/5 = N/(M+N)
So M:N = 2:3 ANS

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ashish kumar agarwala  (11 years ago)

can u explain it ?

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