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A box has 6 red and 9 blue balls. If two are drawn at random, find the probability of second drawn being red if the first drawn ball was blue.514514373791591547

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A box has 6 red and 9 blue balls. If two are drawn at random, find the probability of second drawn being red if the first drawn ball was blue.514514373791591547

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Sure, here is the step by step solution:

Step 1: Identify the total number of balls. We have 6 red balls and 9 blue balls, so the total is 15 balls.

Step 2: The first ball drawn was blue. So, the remaining total number of balls is now 14 (since one blue ball was removed).

Step 3: We want to find the probability of the second ball being red. There are still 6 red balls left, and the total number of balls is now 14.

Step 4: The probability of an event is calculated as the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes. So, the probability of the second ball being red is 6 (the number of red balls) divided by 14 (the total number of balls left).

So, the probability of the second ball being red given that the first ball drawn was blue is 6/14 or approximately 0.4286.

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