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Two lottery balls are drawn at random without replacemnt from a hopper: There are 5 balls numbered 1,2,3,4,5. What is the chance that the first ball drawn is 3? 1/5 1/10 1/2 1/4 1/3

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Carlos Rodriguez <carlos@math.albany.edu>

This problem was contributed by a student in Elementary Statistics. It is offered as it is with no warranty of any kind
Last modified: Wed May 13 12:29:11 EDT 1998