An urn contains r red balls and b blue balls, r≥ 1, b≥ 3. Three balls are selected, without replacement, from the urn. Using the notion of conditional probability to simplify the problem, find the probability of the sequence Blue, Red, Blue.

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An urn contains r red balls and b blue balls, r≥ 1, b≥ 3. Three balls are selected, without
replacement, from the urn. Using the notion of conditional probability to simplify the problem, find
the probability of the sequence Blue, Red, Blue.
Transcribed Image Text:An urn contains r red balls and b blue balls, r≥ 1, b≥ 3. Three balls are selected, without replacement, from the urn. Using the notion of conditional probability to simplify the problem, find the probability of the sequence Blue, Red, Blue.
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