SOLUTION: An urn contains red balls and white balls. If Tim chooses balls at random from the urn, what is the probability that he will select red balls and white balls? Round your answe

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Question 1150561: An urn contains red balls and white balls. If Tim chooses balls at random from the urn, what is the probability that he will select red balls and white balls? Round your answer to decimal places.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, greenestamps:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There isnt enough information. We need to know how many balls of each color there are.

Also, the question "what is the probability that he will select red balls and white balls?" also doesnt make sense because it seems like it should be just asking about one ball color being selected, rather than two.

Answer by greenestamps(13209) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


If the urn contains ONLY red balls and white balls, as the statement of the problem SUGGESTS, then the probability that when he selects balls at random they are red and white is 1, because there are no other colors....