SOLUTION: A bag contains five white and 3 black balls, 2balls are drawn at random one after the other without replacement. find the probability that those balls drawn are black?
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Question 1098337: A bag contains five white and 3 black balls, 2balls are drawn at random one after the other without replacement. find the probability that those balls drawn are black?
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 8 balls total.
P(1st drawn is black) = 3/8
P(2nd drawn is black) = 2/7
P(both are black) = (3/8)(2/7) = 6/56 =
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