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ID: past-exam-of-the-year-1-of-the-computer-science-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2013/discrete-mathematics-probability-and-continuous-mathematics/7/c/i/solution

Let mean the added ball was red, and mean the first draw was red. Their relevant probabilities are , , and . The law of total probability gives .
Given the observed red draw, the remaining ball is red precisely when occurred. Bayes' theorem therefore gives
The observation increases the weight of the two-red-ball box, because that box is more likely to yield a red first draw.

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