In: Statistics and Probability
A bucket contains three red balls and four white balls. Two balls are drawn from the bucket in succession without replacement. What is the probability of getting two white balls, ie. a white ball on the first draw followed by a white ball on the second draw?
A bucket contains three red balls and four white balls i.e a total of 7 balls.
Two balls are drawn from the bucket in succession without replacement.
P(Getting two white balls) = P(white ball on first draw) * P(White ball on second draw)
= Probability of getting a white ball out of 4 white balls * Probability of getting a white ball out of remaining 3 white balls
= (4C1 / 7C1) * (3C1 / 6C1)
= (4 / 7) * (3 / 6)
= 2/7 = 0.2857
The probability of getting two white balls is 0.2857.