A box has red and blue balls. Two are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: The first ball is red with probability , and then of the remaining are red. Step 2. . **Answer: . Why not the others:** drawing without replacement changes the second probability, and divides an unordered count by an ordered one: .
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