SOLUTION: A desk has 3 drawers. The first contains 2 gold coins. The 2nd has 2 silver coins and the third has 1 gold and 1 silver. A coin is drawn from a drawer selected at random. If the co

Question 1015270: A desk has 3 drawers. The first contains 2 gold coins. The 2nd has 2 silver coins and the third has 1 gold and 1 silver. A coin is drawn from a drawer selected at random. If the coin selected was was silver, what is the probability that the other coin in that drawer is gold?
Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here are the 3 choices -
G-G
S-S
G-S
You chose S, so there is a 1 in 3 chance the other coin is G.
Because, you could have S(1) or S(2) or S(3) in your hand, so, respectively, the other coin choices are S(2), S(1), or G(3)
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