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A bag contains 6 blue counters and 4 red counters. I take two counters out at random. My

friend John then selects a counter at random. If he selects a blue counter, calculate the
probability that both counters I took were red.

What are the steps to completing this?

User Amanteaux
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Answer:

Possible outcome=6+4=10

P(red counter)=2/10=1/5

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