An urn contains 5 green, 1 red, and 2 blue balls. Two balls are taken from the urn, one after the other and without replacement. Find the conditional probability that the first ball selected was blue given that the second ball selected was not blue.

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An urn contains 5 green, 1 red, and 2 blue balls. Two balls are taken from the urn, one after the other and without replacement.

Find the conditional probability that the first ball selected was blue given that the second ball selected was not blue.

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