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Q.A bag contains 55 red and 33 black balls. Two balls are drawn one after another without replacement. Find the probability that both balls drawn are red.

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There are 55 red and 33 black balls, 88 in all. P(R1)=58P(R_1)=\tfrac58. After one red ball is removed without replacement, 77 balls remain with 44 red, so P(R2∣R1)=47P(R_2\mid R_1)=\tfrac47. By the multiplication theorem, P(R1∩R2)=P(R1)P(R2∣R1)=58×47=2056=514P(R_1\cap R_2)=P(R_1)P(R_2\mid R_1)=\tfrac58\times\tfrac47=\tfrac{20}{56}=\tfrac{5}{14}. [!ANSWER] P(both red)=514P(\text{both red})=\dfrac{5}{14}.

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