There are three tables containing two drawers each. It is known that one of the table contains a silver coin in each of its drawers, another table contains a gold coin in each drawer while the third table contains a silver coin in one drawer and a gold co

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Q: 143 (IAS/1994)
There are three tables containing two drawers each. It is known that one of the table contains a silver coin in each of its drawers, another table contains a gold coin in each drawer while the third table contains a silver coin in one drawer and a gold coin in the other. One of the drawers of a table is opened and found to contain a silver coin. What is the probability that the other drawer of that table contains a gold coin ?

question_subject: 

Maths

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,15,9,3,15,4,2

keywords: 

{'other drawer': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'probability': [0, 3, 3, 0], 'silver coin': [1, 1, 1, 1], 'drawer': [0, 2, 0, 0], 'gold coin': [0, 3, 0, 0], 'drawers': [0, 3, 0, 0], 'third table': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'table': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'tables': [1, 1, 0, 1]}