Tricky Problem On Probability

There was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2.

Can you find out the probability that he had taken out a pair of black socks ?




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He got six tigers without heads, nine tigers without the tail and eight cut in two halves.

How many tiger did he hunted ?

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There are 10 tigers and one goat.
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If we leave them for some time then how many goat and tiger will be there , when we come back ?

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