Question

One box contains six red balls and four green balls, and a second box contains seven red balls and three green balls. A ball is randomly chosen from the first box and placed in the second box. Then a ball is randomly selected from the sec- ond box and placed in the first box.
a. What is the probability that a red ball is selected from the first box and a red ball is selected from the second box?
b. At the conclusion of the selection process, what is the probability that the numbers of red and green balls in the first box are identical to the numbers at the beginning?

Answer 1

A. The probability of the first box is 60% or 6/10 and the second box is 70% or 7/10