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a box contains 7 red and 3 green balls. two balls are drawn one after another from the box. determine the probability that both are red

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Branch red and green out
Red: 7/10
Green: 3/10

On the red branch R and G
R: 6/9
G: 3/9

Why is the 9 there is because it minus off from the first brach causing the number to be 10-1=9

Why in R is 6? (Because its also -1)
But why G is not deducted? (Because the first branch doesn’t have green as it is red)

For the green branch R and G branch out again
R: 7/9
G: 2/9

So the probability of both that are red is:
P(both is red) = 7/10 x 6/9 (refer to legend)
a box contains 7 red and 3 green balls. two balls are drawn one after another from-example-1
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