There are 1000 balls in a bag, of which 900 are black and are white. I...
Here we are having a total of 1000 Balls, out of which we firstly draw 100 balls , and then 101
st ball..
Firstly we have to find expected number of white and black balls in drawn 100 balls , as both can occur in 100 balls..
We have a situation like this:

Expected number of white balls = n*W/N = 100*(100/1000) = 10
Expected number of black balls = n*B/N = 100*(900/1000) = 90
So, we have drawn 100 balls(90 black, 10 white)
Left balls = (810 Black , 90 white) = 900 total
Now,
probability for 101st ball to be black = 810/900 = 9/10
So, option (A) is Correct
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Problem Statement:
There are 1000 balls in a bag, of which 900 are black and 100 are white. We randomly draw 100 balls from the bag. We need to find the probability that the 100th ball will be black.
Solution:
To solve this problem, let's first calculate the probability of drawing a black ball on the 100th draw.
Step 1: Calculate the probability of drawing a black ball on the first draw.
Since there are 900 black balls out of 1000 total balls, the probability of drawing a black ball on the first draw is:
P(First ball is black) = 900/1000 = 9/10
Step 2: Calculate the probability of drawing a black ball on the second draw, given that the first ball was black.
After drawing the first black ball, there are 899 black balls left out of 999 total balls. Therefore, the probability of drawing a black ball on the second draw is:
P(Second ball is black | First ball was black) = 899/999 = 899/999
Step 3: Repeat step 2 for the next 98 draws.
Since each draw is independent, the probability of drawing a black ball for each subsequent draw, given that the previous ball was black, remains the same:
P(Black ball on 3rd draw | Previous balls were black) = 898/998 = 898/998
P(Black ball on 4th draw | Previous balls were black) = 897/997 = 897/997
...
P(Black ball on 100th draw | Previous balls were black) = 801/901 = 801/901
Step 4: Multiply the probabilities of each draw.
Since each draw is independent, we can multiply the probabilities of each draw to find the probability of a specific sequence of black balls:
P(Black ball on 100th draw) = P(First ball is black) * P(Second ball is black | First ball was black) * ... * P(100th ball is black | Previous balls were black)
P(Black ball on 100th draw) = (9/10) * (899/999) * (898/998) * ... * (801/901)
Step 5: Simplify the expression.
To simplify the expression, we can cancel out common factors in the numerator and denominator:
P(Black ball on 100th draw) = (9/10) * (899/999) * (898/998) * ... * (801/901)
P(Black ball on 100th draw) = (9 * 899 * 898 * ... * 801) / (10 * 999 * 998 * ... * 901)
Step 6: Calculate the final probability.
Now we can calculate the final probability by evaluating the expression:
P(Black ball on 100th draw) ≈ 0.9045
Therefore, the probability that the 100th ball drawn will be black is approximately 0.9045, which is equivalent to 9/10. Hence, the correct answer is option 'A'.