SOLUTION: A bag contains 9 red balls numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 6 white balls numbered 10,11,12,13,14,15. One ball is drawn from the bag. What is the probability that the ball is white,

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Question 329437: A bag contains 9 red balls numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 6 white balls numbered 10,11,12,13,14,15. One ball is drawn from the bag. What is the probability that the ball is white, given that the ball is odd-numbered?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 8 odd balls (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15), of those 3 are white.
The probability that the ball is white given that it's odd is
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