There are three drawers in a table. One contains two gold coins, another two silver coins, and the third, a silver coin and a gold coin. One of the drawers is pulled out and a coin is taken out. It turns out to be a silver coin. What is the probability of

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Q: 135 (IAS/1997)
There are three drawers in a table. One contains two gold coins, another two silver coins, and the third, a silver coin and a gold coin. One of the drawers is pulled out and a coin is taken out. It turns out to be a silver coin. What is the probability of drawing a gold coin, if one of the other two drawers is pulled out next and one of the coins in it is drawn at random ?

question_subject: 

Maths

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,4,2,2,4,0,0

keywords: 

{'probability': [0, 3, 3, 0], 'gold coin': [0, 3, 0, 0], 'drawers': [0, 3, 0, 0], 'silver coin': [1, 1, 1, 1], 'gold coins': [2, 0, 1, 0], 'silver coins': [0, 4, 0, 0], 'coin': [0, 3, 6, 4], 'coins': [2, 0, 1, 1], 'table': [0, 0, 1, 0]}