An urn initially has six red balls and eight blue ones. Balls are chosen one at a time, at random, and not replaced. Find the probabilities if (a) the first is blue, the second is red (b) the first is blue, the sixth is red (c) the first three are all the same colour

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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An urn initially has six red balls and eight blue
ones. Balls are chosen
one at a time, at random, and not replaced.
Find the probabilities if
(a) the first is blue, the second is red
(b) the first is blue, the sixth is red
(c) the first three are all the same colour
Transcribed Image Text:An urn initially has six red balls and eight blue ones. Balls are chosen one at a time, at random, and not replaced. Find the probabilities if (a) the first is blue, the second is red (b) the first is blue, the sixth is red (c) the first three are all the same colour
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