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In a bag, there are 8 blue balls and 6 red. 2 balls are picked up without replacement. So what is the probability of picking red ball in 2nd attempt knowing that a blue ball has already been extracted?
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\n" ); document.write( "P(red | blue) = P(red and blue)/P(red) = [(8/14)(6/13)]/[6/14] = 0.6154
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