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Q.(Activity) A bag contains 3 red and 5 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random one after the other without replacement. Find the probability that both the balls are white. (Complete the following activity.)

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Bag: 3 red + 5 white = 8 balls. Let AA = first ball white, BB = second ball white. P(A)=5/8P(A)=5/8. After removing one white ball (not replaced), 7 balls remain: 3 red, 4 white, so P(B/A)=4/7P(B/A)=4/7. By the multiplication theorem, $P(\text{both white})=P(A)\cdot P(B/A)=\frac{5}{8}\times\frac{4}{7}=\frac{20}{56}=\frac{5}{14} …

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