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A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 green balls. A ball is selected at random and not replaced. A second ball is then selected. The probability of selecting one red ball and one green ball is
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Options:
  • A $\frac{15}{28}$
  • B $\frac{15}{64}$
  • C $\frac{15}{56}$
  • D $\frac{15}{112}$
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The correct answer is: $\frac{15}{28}$
$\begin{aligned} & \text { Required probability }=P(R) \cdot P\left(\frac{G}{R}\right)+P(G) \cdot P\left(\frac{R}{G}\right) \\ & =\frac{5}{8} \cdot \frac{3}{7}+\frac{3}{8} \cdot \frac{5}{7} \\ & =\frac{30}{56}=\frac{15}{28}\end{aligned}$

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