urn1 contains 3 red chips and 1 white chip. urn2 contains 2 red chips and 2 white chips. 1 chip is drawn from each urn and transeferred to the other urn. then a chip is drawn from the first urn. what is the probability that the chip ultimately drawn from urn1 is red

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To find the probability that the chip ultimately drawn from urn1 is red, we can break down the process into different steps and calculate the probabilities at each step.

Step 1: Transferring a chip from each urn to the other urn.
- There are two cases to consider: either a red chip from urn1 is transferred to urn2, or a red chip from urn2 is transferred to urn1.
- The probability of transferring a red chip from urn1 to urn2 can be calculated as (3/4) * (2/5) = 6/20 = 3/10.
- We multiply (3/4) because initially, urn1 has 3 red chips out of 4 total chips.
- We multiply (2/5) because after transferring from urn1, urn2 has 2 red chips out of 5 total chips.
- Similarly, the probability of transferring a red chip from urn2 to urn1 is also 3/10.

Step 2: Drawing a chip from the first urn.
- After transferring, we now have three cases: urn1 has 2 red chips and 2 white chips, urn1 has 4 red chips and 1 white chip, or urn1 has 3 red chips and 2 white chips.
- The probability of drawing a red chip from the first case (2 red chips and 2 white chips) is 2/4 = 1/2.
- The probability of drawing a red chip from the second case (4 red chips and 1 white chip) is 4/5.
- The probability of drawing a red chip from the third case (3 red chips and 2 white chips) is 3/5.

Step 3: Combining the probabilities.
- Since we have three different cases in Step 2, we need to calculate the weighted average of their probabilities, considering the probabilities of each case.
- The overall probability is calculated as follows:
- (Case 1 Probability) * (Probability of transferring a red chip from urn1 to urn2) +
- (Case 2 Probability) * (Probability of transferring a red chip from urn2 to urn1) +
- (Case 3 Probability) * (Probability of not transferring any red chip) =
- (1/2) * (3/10) + (4/5) * (3/10) + (3/5) * (4/10) =
- 3/20 + 12/50 + 12/50 =
- 36/100 + 24/100 + 24/100 =
- 84/100 = 21/25.

Therefore, the probability that the chip ultimately drawn from urn1 is red is 21/25 or 0.84 or 84%.