Urn 1 contains 3 red balls and 2 black balls. Urn 2 contains 5 red balls and 2 black balls. Urn 3 contains 5 red balls and 1 black ball. If an urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn, find the probability that it will be red. Enter your answer as a fraction in simplest form or a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places. Probability of red

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Urn 1 contains 3 red balls and 2 black balls. Urn 2 contains 5 red balls and 2 black balls. Urn 3 contains 5 red balls and 1 black ball. If an urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn, find the probability that it will be red.

Enter your answer as a fraction in simplest form or a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places.

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Probability:

It is the ratio of the number of events that occur to the sample space of the experiment. It is basically the chance of getting some particular events from the experiment.

Conditional Probability:

It the probability with certain conditions that are applied to the events and calculating its chance.

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