An urn contains 3 white and 10 black balls. A fair die is rolled and that number of balls are chosen from the urn. What is the probability that all of the balls selected are white? What is the conditional probability that the die landed on 3 if all the balls selected are white?

An urn contains 3 white and 10 black balls. A fair die is rolled and that number of balls are chosen from the urn. What is the probability that all of the balls selected are white? What is the conditional probability that the die landed on 3 if all the balls selected are white?

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An urn contains 3 white and 10 black balls. A fair die is rolled and that number of
balls are chosen from the urn. What is the probability that all of the balls selected
are white? What is the conditional probability that the die landed on 3 if all the
balls selected are white?

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