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24 August, 05:01

A person is asked to randomly pick two balls from a bag which has 15 red and 5 blue balls. The probability that the person picks two balls of the same colour is

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  1. 24 August, 05:13
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    You pick 2 balls and they can be of the same colour if either both of them are blue or both are red, i. e. the effective probability (P) = P (RR) (both are red) + P (BB) (both are blue)

    1: Both the balls are blue

    The number of ways of picking up a blue ball out of 20 balls are 5/20. Number of ways of picking up a second blue ball are 4/19.

    Thus probability of picking up 2 blue balls P (BB) = 5/20 * 4/19 = 20/380

    2: Both the balls are red

    The number of ways of picking up a red ball out of 20 balls are 15/20.

    Number of ways of picking up a second red ball are 14/19.

    Thus the probability of picking up 2 black balls P (RR) = 15/20 * 14/19 = 210/380

    Thus the effective probability P = 20/380 + 210/380 = 230/380 = 23/38.
  2. 24 August, 05:20
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    Total sample space = 20C2 = 190 The number of ways of selecting 2 balls of same color from a suit of 15 red balls 15C2 = 105 The number of ways of selecting 2 balls of same color from a suit of 5 blue balls 5C2 = 10 Thus the probability that the person picks 2 balls of same color = [105/190 + 10/190] = 115/190 = 23/38
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