An urn contains m number of red balls and n number of white balls. Two balls are selected without replacement at random from the urn. Prove P(first ball is red | second ball is white) = m/(m+n-1)

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An urn contains m number of red balls and n number of white balls. Two balls are selected without replacement at random from the urn. Prove P(first ball is red | second ball is white) = m/(m+n-1)

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