One of two boxes contains 4 red balls and 2 green balls and the second box contains 4 green and two red balls. By design, the probabilities of selecting box 1 or box 2 at random are 1/3 for box 1 and 2/3 for box 2. A box is selected at random and a ball is selected at random from it. What is the probability it is green?   Answer is Blank 1 - Use 4 decimal places

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One of two boxes contains 4 red balls and 2 green balls and the second box contains 4 green and two red balls. By design, the probabilities of selecting box 1 or box 2 at random are 1/3 for box 1 and 2/3 for box 2. A box is selected at random and a ball is selected at random from it. What is the probability it is green?

 

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