Event 2B
Given the following event:
Given an urn containing 2 green, 3 white, and 4 red balls. Two balls are drawn and the first ball is not replaced before the second is drawn.
-Given Event 2B, what is the probability that the two balls are the same color?
A) 1/3
B) 2/9
C) 5/18
D) 1/6
E) 5/9

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

There are a total of 9 ways to choose two balls without replacement. Out of these 9 ways, there are 3 ways to get two green balls, 6 ways to get two white balls, and 6 ways to get two red balls. So, there are 15 ways to get two balls of the same color. The probability of this happening is 15/36 or 5/12.

Event 2B Given the Following Event