Suppose you have an urn containing 6 red and 4 blue balls. You draw 3 balls at random. On each draw, if the ball is red you set it aside and if the ball is blue you put it back in the urn. What is the probability that the third draw is blue? (round to 2 decimal places)

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Suppose you have an urn containing 6 red and 4
blue balls. You draw 3 balls at random. On each
draw, if the ball is red you set it aside and if the
ball is blue you put it back in the urn. What is the
probability that the third draw is blue?
(round to 2 decimal places)
(If you get a blue ball it counts as a draw even
though you put it back in the urn.)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you have an urn containing 6 red and 4 blue balls. You draw 3 balls at random. On each draw, if the ball is red you set it aside and if the ball is blue you put it back in the urn. What is the probability that the third draw is blue? (round to 2 decimal places) (If you get a blue ball it counts as a draw even though you put it back in the urn.)
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