Question

A bag contains 8 red balls and 3 white balls. Two balls are drawn without replacement. (Enter your probabilities as fractions.) (a) What is the probability that the second ball is white, given that the first ball is red

Answer 1

Answer:

12/55

Step-by-step explanation:

Probability is the ratio of the number of possible outcomes to the number of total outcomes.

Given that the bag contains 8 red balls and 3 white balls, the probability of picking a red ball

p(r) = 8/(8+3) = 8/11

Probability of picking a white ball

= 3/11

when a red ball is picked first, the total number of balls reduces to 10 hence the probability that the second ball is white, given that the first ball is red

=8/11 * 3/10

= 24/110

= 12/55