A bag contains 4 blue balls, 7 yellow balls and 4 white balls. Event A is defined as drawing a blue ball on the first draw and event B is defined as drawing a white ball on the second draw.

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A bag contains 4 blue balls, 7 yellow balls and 4 white balls. Event A is defined as drawing a blue ball on the first draw and event B is defined as drawing a white ball on the second draw.
If two balls are drawn from the bag, one after the other and not replaced, what is P(B|A) expressed in simplest form?

A. 2/7
	B. 3/14
	C. 4/15
	D. 4/11

Reiny · Accepted Answer

P(B|A) is defined as P(A and B)/P(B) P(A and B) = P(A) * P(B) = (4/15)(4/15) = 16/225 P(B|A) = (16/225) ÷ (4/15) = (16/225)(15/4) = 4/15

angel · Answer

thank you