MHT CET 2026 Mathematics question

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In a certain city, the ratio of men to women is 5:4. It is found that 80% of men and 90% of women are literate. If a person selected at random is found to be illiterate, then the probability that the person is a man is…

Answer: (B)

Solution

Let = man, = woman, = illiterate. , . Illiteracy rates: men , women , so , . By Bayes' theorem:

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