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One box contains 30 green balls and 20 red balls, another Updated on: 23 Aug 2004, 16:49
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One box contains 30 green balls and 20 red balls, another box contains 15 green balls and 35 red balls, if Mary randomly chooses one box and draws one ball from it, what will be the probability that the ball will be green?



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0...based on your question there are no purple balls to choose.
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0...based on your question there are no purple balls to choose.
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i have corrected the mistake
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One box contains 30 green balls and 20 red balls, another box contains 15 green balls and 35 red balls, if Mary randomly chooses one box and draws one ball from it, what will be the probability that the ball will be green?
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1/2 * 3/5 + 1/2 *3/10 = 9/20



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