A bowl contains 5 white balls, 10 red balls, and 15 blue balls. You are to randomly select two balls without replacement. You will draw one ball (and keep it outside of the bowl) and then you will draw a second ball.

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A bowl contains 5 white balls, 10 red balls, and 15 blue balls.

You are to randomly select two balls without replacement. You will draw one ball (and keep it outside of the bowl) and then you will draw a second ball.

You are to randomly selected two balls without replacement. Let X be the
random variable of the number of white balls you select. Then P(X=1) =
Transcribed Image Text:You are to randomly selected two balls without replacement. Let X be the random variable of the number of white balls you select. Then P(X=1) =
You are to randomly select two balls without replacement. You will draw one ball (and
keep it outside of the bowl) and then you will draw a second ball. The second ball you
select is red, what is the probability that the first one was white?
Transcribed Image Text:You are to randomly select two balls without replacement. You will draw one ball (and keep it outside of the bowl) and then you will draw a second ball. The second ball you select is red, what is the probability that the first one was white?
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