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tmua.me Medium Set B Paper 2 · Q6

Paper 2Probability

A bag contains four balls: two red, one blue and one green. Three balls are drawn one after another without replacement, with each remaining ball equally likely to be drawn.

Given that the first and third balls drawn have different colours, what is the probability that the second ball is red?

A13\dfrac13
B25\dfrac25
C12\dfrac12
D35\dfrac35
E23\dfrac23
F45\dfrac45

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