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Mathematics — CBSE Class 10 board question

Q1. [3]
A bag contains 30 balls out of which '$m$' number of balls are blue in colour.
  1. (i) Find the probability that a ball drawn at random from the bag is not blue. [1]
  2. (ii) If 6 more blue balls are added in the bag, then the probability of drawing a blue ball will be $\dfrac{5}{4}$ times the probability of drawing a blue ball in the first case. Find the value of $m$. [2]
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Model Answer

(i)

Total balls = 30, blue balls = $m$

$$P(\text{blue}) = \frac{m}{30}$$

$$P(\text{not blue}) = 1 - \frac{m}{30} = \frac{30 - m}{30}$$

(ii)

After adding 6 blue balls: total balls = 36, blue balls = $m + 6$

$$P(\text{blue after adding}) = \frac{m+6}{36}$$

Given condition:

$$\frac{m+6}{36} = \frac{5}{4} \times \frac{m}{30}$$

$$\frac{m+6}{36} = \frac{m}{24}$$

$$24(m+6) = 36m$$

$$24m + 144 = 36m$$

$$12m = 144$$

$$\boxed{m = 12}$$

Source: Chapter 14, Section 14.1

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