SOLUTION: A box contains five blue, three red and two white identical balls. If two balls are selected at random, one after the other with replacement from the box, find the probability

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Question 1101553: A box contains five blue, three red and two white identical
balls. If two balls are selected at random, one after the
other with replacement from the box, find the probability that:
(a) the two balls are red;
(b) they are of the same colour;
(c) one is red and the other is white.


Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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A box contains five blue, three red and two white identical
balls. If two balls are selected at random, one after the
other with replacement from the box, find the probability that:

(a) the two balls are red;

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(b) they are of the same colour;



(c) one is red and the other is white.



Edwin