. An urn contains 5 red balls, 9 blue balls and 6 green balls. Use this information for both (a) and (b).   (a) Four balls are chosen without replacement. What is the probability the first ball chosen is green, the second ball chosen is red, the third ball chosen is red and the fourth ball chosen is green?   (b) What is the probability the first ball chosen is green given that the second ball chosen is red?

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2. An urn contains 5 red balls, 9 blue balls and 6 green balls. Use this information for both (a) and (b).

 

(a) Four balls are chosen without replacement. What is the probability the first ball chosen is green, the second ball chosen is red, the third ball chosen is red and the fourth ball chosen is green?

 

(b) What is the probability the first ball chosen is green given that the second ball chosen is red?

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