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Q49Section C (Section C)49 of 60

Bayes theorem for defective ball

A box contains a certain number of balls out of which 80%80\% are white, 15%15\% are blue and 5%5\% are red. All the balls of the same color are indistinguishable. Among all the white balls, α%\alpha\% are marked defective, among all the blue balls, 6%6\% are marked defective and among all the red balls, 9%9\% are marked defective. A ball is chosen at random from the box. If the conditional probability that the chosen ball is white, given that it is defective, is 0.40.4, then α\alpha equals __________

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