Suppose you have two boxes A and B. Box A contains 7 black marbles, 4 white marbles. Box B contains 7 white and 4 black marbles. A random experiment is performed in two sequential trials by first drawing a marble randomly from box A and putting into Box B. In the second trial after the first trial, a marble is drawn randomly from box B. Answer the following questions.

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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Suppose you have two boxes A and B. Box A contains 7 black marbles, 4 white marbles. Box B contains 7 white and 4 black marbles. A random experiment is performed in two sequential trials by first drawing a marble randomly from box A and putting into Box B. In the second trial after the first trial, a marble is drawn randomly from box B.

Answer the following questions.
What is the probability of drawing a black marble from box B at the end of 2nd trial? [2]
Identify all the mutually exclusive events present in the given scenario and verify that they
are mutually exclusive.

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